This article focuses on resources for building successful stepfamilies and parenting children in stepfamily scenarios. While remarriage after divorce is the basis of most stepfamilies, divorced parenting differs from stepfamily parenting and is covered only peripherally in this article. Worthy stepparenting titles emphasize the singularity of their subject, read: stepfamilies are "not" in any way like nuclear families, and forcing them into functioning as "one" won't work. Successful stepfamilies are quite intentional; it takes an enormous amount of finesse to balance an adult's sanity with the physical and psychological needs of children who are not biologically related. Issues common to any kind of parent-child relationship become magnified in stepfamilies, with discipline, anger, and finance commonly surfacing as hot-button topics. Librarians will find a surprising bounty of decent works in print; no single one holds the title of "definitive," nor is there one go-to publisher or author. Most of the available resources cater to lay readers (as opposed to social workers, school counselors, etc.) and will fit nicely in public libraries and collections dedicated to the helping professions. Many of the best are written by real-life stepparents. Manuals featuring interviews with stepfamilies tend to offer particularly enlightening how-to advice.