I'll always come back to you by Tafolla, Carmen 

BTSB Prebound(Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2022)

BTSB #: 870821 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 490 AD F&P: K

Genres: Family Life Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Stories in rhyme Separation anxiety - Fiction Mother-child relationship - Fiction

Summary: A mother reassures her daughter that--whether their time apart has been long or short, boring or exciting--their family will soon be together again.

Knock knock : my dad's dream for me by Beaty, Daniel 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2013)

BTSB #: 100477 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   
AR: 2.9 LG Lexile: 500 AD F&P: N

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Father-son relationship - Fiction Separation anxiety - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: A boy wakes up one morning to find his father gone. At first, he feels lost. But his father has left him a letter filled with advice to guide him through the times he cannot be there.

Llama Llama misses Mama [Llama Llama]by Dewdney, Anna 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2009)

BTSB #: 276348 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   
AR: 1.6 LG RC: 1 K-2 Lexile: 240 AD

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Stories in rhyme Separation anxiety - Fiction Nursery schools - Fiction School stories Llamas - Fiction

Summary: Llama Llama experiences separation anxiety on his first day of nursery school.

Mama and Mommy and me in the middle by LaCour, Nina 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 536582 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
F&P: M

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Lesbians - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Separation anxiety - Fiction

Summary: For one little girl, there's no place she'd rather be than sitting between Mama and Mommy. So when Mommy goes away on a work trip, it's tricky to find a good place at the table. As the days go by, Mama brings her to the library, they watch movies, and all of them talk on the phone, but she still misses Mommy as deep as the ocean and as high as an astronaut up in the stars. When Mommy finally comes home, it takes a minute to shake off the empty feeling she felt all week.

Papa's home by Soman, David 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2023)

BTSB #: 834124 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
F&P: L

Genres: Family Life Animals

Subjects: Separation anxiety - Fiction Father-child relationship - Fiction Bears - Fiction

Summary: A child worries about what it will be like while his papa is away, until papa is home.

Peter & Ernesto : a tale of two sloths [Peter & Ernesto Volume: 1]by Annable, Graham 

BTSB Prebound(First Second, 2018)

BTSB #: 063457 In Bindery

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 6-9   
AR: 1.9 LG Lexile: 390 GN

Genres:

Subjects: Sloths - Fiction Adventure fiction Friendship - Fiction Individuality - Fiction Separation anxiety - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Peter and Ernesto are sloths. Peter and Ernesto are friends. Peter and Ernesto are nothing alike. Peter loves their tree and never wants to leave, while Ernesto loves the sky and wants to see it from every place on earth. So Ernesto leaves to have a grand adventure, and Peter stays behind and frets. Will their separation tear these friends apart ... or can it bring them closer together? In graphic novel format.

Sad, sad bear! by Gee, Kimberly 

BTSB Prebound(Beach Lane Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 372715 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-5   
AR: 0.9 LG Lexile: 280 AD

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Sadness - Fiction Day care centers - Fiction Bears - Fiction Separation anxiety - Fiction

Summary: Bear is very sad when Mommy must go to work and leave him at Cub Care, but his first day turns out to be a good one.