Literature
For Children
MK/TCK Issues
Scamps, Scholars, and Saints
By Jill and Roger Dyer, 1991 MK MERIMA.
...And Bees Make Honey
By Jill and Roger Dyer, 1994 MK MERIMA.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
By Judith Viorst, 1972, Atheneum.
Alexander, Who's Not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to Move
By Judith Viorst, 1995, Atheneum.
Transition
When Africa Was Home
By K.L. Williams, 1991 Orchard Paperbacks.
Ira Says Goodbye
By Bernard Weber, 1988, Houghton Mifflin.
I'm New Here
By Bud Howlett, 1993, Houghton Mifflin.
Of Many Lands: Journey of a Traveling Childhood
By Sara Mansfield Taber, 1997, Foreign Service Youth Foundation.
Rookies: An Activity Book for Families Going to the Mission Field
By D.B. Peters, LINK CARE CENTER, P.O. Box 40129, Pasadena, CA 91114
The Year My Parents Ruined My Life
By Martha Freeman, 1997, Yearling.
Rip Van Winkle
By Washington Irving, 1999, Philomel Books
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
By Bette Bao Lord, 1984, Scholastic, Inc.
Let's Move Together
By Carol M. Schubeck, A Suitcase Press.
The Lost and Found House
By Michael Cadnum, 1997, Penguin.
Up, Up and Away
By Brenda Maxfield, 2000, Foreign Service Youth Foundation.
Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family
By Lensey Namioka, 1995, Brown and Company.
Someone With You
By Larry Libby, 1998, Multnomah Publishers Inc.
Footsteps Around the World: Relocation Tips for Teens
By Beverly D. Roman, 1999, BR Anchor Publishing.
Where in the World Are You Going?
By Judith M. Blohm, 1996, Intercultural Press.
Harold & Stanley Say Goodbye
By Jill Dyer, 1998, MK Merimna.
One Thing Never Changes
By Shawn Alyne Strannigan, 1995, Cincinnati, OH: Standard Publishing.
Let's Move Overseas
By Beverly D. Roman, 2000, BR Anchor Publishing.
Goodbye, House: A Kids' Guide to Moving
By Ann Banks and Nancy Evan, 1994, Greenwillow Books.
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon
By Paula Danziger, 1994, Scholastic Inc.
Grandfather's Journey
By Allen Say, 1993, Houghton Mifflin.
Cross-Cultural Issues
Babies on the Move
By Susan Canizares and Daniel Moreton, 1998 Scholastic, Inc.
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof
By Selby B. Beeler, 1998, Houghton Mifflin.
Here come the Brides
By Ellen Jackson, 1998.
This is the Way We Go to School
By Edith Baer, 1992
We're Different, We're the Same
By Bobbi Jane Kates, 1992, Sesame Street Picturebacks.
Let's Talk About Children Around the World
By Debby Anderson, 1994, Chariot Books
The Bicycle Man
By Allen Say, 1989, Houghton Mifflin.
People
By Peter Spier, 1980 The Trumpet Club.
Atlas of People
By Claude Delafosse and Gillimard Jeunesse, 1994, Scholastic.
Children From Australia to Zimbabwe
By Maya Ajmera and Anna Rhesa Versola, 1997, Charlesbridge Publishing.
Children Just Like Me
By Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley, 1995, DK Publishing Inc.
Wake Up, World!
By Beatrice Hollyer, 1999, Henry Holt and Company.
Chopsticks from America
By Elaine Hosozawa-Nagano, 1994, Polychrome Publishing Corporation.
My Name is Maria Isabel
By Alma Flor Ada, 1993, Macmillan.
How My Parents Learned to Eat
By Ina R. Friedman, 1994, Houghton Mifflin.
Peanut Butter Friends in a Chop Suey World
By Deb Brammer, 1994, Bob Jones University Press.
A Country Far Away
By Nigel Gray, 1988, Orchard Books.
El Chino
By Allen Say, 1990, Houghton Mifflin.
Tea with Milk
By Allen Say, 1999, Houghton Mifflin.
Grief And Loss Issues
Onion Tears
By Diana Kidd, 1989, Orchard Books.
Potter
By Walter Wangerin Jr., 1994.
For Adults
MK/TCK Issues
Raising Resilient MKs
By Joyce M. Bowers, Editor, 1998, ACSI.
The Third Culture Kid Experience
By David C. Pollock & Ruth E. Van Reken, 1999, Intercultural Press.
Missionary Children: Caught Between Cultures
By Dr. Doris L. Walters, 1996.
Fitted Pieces: A Guide for Parents Educating Children Overseas
By Janet R. Blomberg and David F. Brooks, Editors, 2001 SHARE Educational Services.
You Know You're an MK When…
By Andy & Deborah Kerr, 1997, MK List, 307 Administration Boulevard, Winona Lake, IN 46590
Letters Never Sent: One Woman's Journey from Hurt to Wholeness.
By Ruth E. Van Reken, 1988, to order contact: "Letters," P.O. Box 90084, Indianapolis, IN 46290.
Children of the Call: Issues Missionaries' Kids Face
By Charlene Gray, 1995, New Hope.
What Makes Aussie Kids Tick?
By Jill and Roger Dyer, 1989, MK MERIMA.
Notes from a Traveling Childhood: Readings for Internationally Mobile Parents and Children
By K.C. McCluskey, 1994, Foreign Service Youth Foundation.
The Life and Times of an MK
By John C. Buffam, 1985, William Carey Library.
Missionary Kid-MK
By Edward E. Danielson, 1985, E.D. Publishing.
New Directions in Missions: Implications for MKs (Compendium of the ICMK, Manila, Philippines)
By Beth A. Tetzel and Patricia Mortensen, Editors, 1986, ICMK.
It's OK To Be an MK
By William C. Viser, 1986, Broadman Press.
Hidden Immigrants: Legacies of Growing Up Abroad
By Linda Bell, 1997, Cross Cultural Publications.
I Have to Be Perfect
By Timothy L. Sanford, 1998, Llama Press.
Far Above the Plains
By Paul A. Seaman, 1996, William Carey Library.
Paper Airplanes in the Himalayas: The Unfinished Path Home
By Paul A. Seaman, 1997, Cross Cultural Publications, Inc.
The Happy Room
By Catherine Palmer, 2002, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Transition
Home Away From Home
By Beverly D. Roman, 1999, BR Anchor Publishing.
Families on the Move
By Marion Knell, marion@knell.net
Sojourners: The Family On The Move
By Ruth J. Rowen and Samuel F. Rowen, 1990, Associates of Urbanus.
Living Overseas: A Book Of Preparations
By Ted Ward, 1984, The Free Press
Moving Your Family Overseas
By Rosalind Kalh & Penelpe Welch, 1992, Intercultural Press, Inc.
Moving With Children: A Parent's Guide
By Tomas T. Olkowski and Lynn Parker
Cross-Cultural Issues
The Art of Crossing Cultures
By Craig Storti, 1990, Intercultural Press
Survival Kit for Overseas Living, 3rd Edition
By L. Robert Kohls, 1996, Intercultural Press.
Culture Shock - Successful Living Abroad: Parents' Guide
By Robin Pascoe, 1993, Times Books International, Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
The Absentee American: Repatriates' Perspectives on America
By Carolyn D. Smith, 1991 Aletheia Publications.
Re-Entry/Repatriation
Re-Entry - Making the Transition from Missions to Life at Home
By Peter Jordan, 1992, YWAM Publishing.
Don't Pig Out on Junk Food: The MK's Guide to Survival in the U.S.
By Alma Dougherty Gordon, 1993, Evangelical Missions Information Service.
Fishers of Men - Coming Home
By Howard & Bonnie Lisech.
The Art of Coming Home
By Craig Storti, 1997, Intercultural Press.
The Re-Entry Team
By Neal Pirolo
Strangers at Home
By Carolyn D. Smith, Ed., 1996, Aletheia Publications.
So You Are Coming Home
By Stewart Black and Hal b. Gregersen
Missionary Children: Caught Between Cultures (Re-entry Issues)
By Dr. L. Walters, 1991/1996 (2nd Edition).
Cross-Cultural Re-entry: A book of Readings
By Clyde N. Austin, Abilene Christian University Press.
Member Care
Doing Member Care Well Perspectives and Practices from Around the World
By Kelly O'Donnell, 2002, William Carey Library.
Missionary Care: Counting the Cost for World Evangelization
By Kelly O'Donnell, 1999, William Carey Library.
What Missionaries Need to Know about Burnout and Depression
By Esther Schubert
Too Valuable to Lose
By William D. Taylor, 1997, William Carey Library.
Honorably Wounded
By Marjory F. Foyle, M.D.
Understanding and Nurturing The Missionary Family
By Pam Echerd and Alice Arathoon, Editors, 1989, William Carey Library.
Planning For MK Nurture (Compendium Of The International Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Equador)
By Pam Echerd and Alice Arathoon, Editors, 1989, William Carey Library.
Overcoming Missionary Stress
By Marjory F. Foyle
Helping Missionaries Grow: Readings in Mental Health and Missions
By Kelly S. O'Donnell and Michele Lewis O'Donnell, Editors, 1988, William Carey Library.
Strongest in the Broken Places
By Dan Harrison, 1990, InterVarsity Press.