Living with Mom and Living with Dad
by
Melanie Walsh
Order:
USA
Can
Candlewick, 2012 (2012)
Hardcover
Reviewed by Bob Walch
M
ore and more picture books reflect different family situations. Melanie Walsh focuses on the child who lives part time with one parent and part time with another in this flip-the-flap book for youngsters three years of age and older.
S
ince her parents don't live in the same house any more, the child in this book stays with her mom and cat but sometimes spends time at her father's home. First you see the brick house the little girl shares with her mother. Then lift the flap up and her dad's modern apartment building appears. The same holds true on the next page. The reader sees the child's two bedrooms and how they differ in her two homes.
F
rom the toys she has to activities shared with each parent, the book's format highlights the differences in the child's life. But when all is said and done, it is clear that both mom and dad love the little girl very much. '
My mom and dad love me a lot, and so does everyone else in my family,
' she writes. And, of course, she loves them both very much.
D
ivorce can be a traumatic situation for a small child. In this book the author shows that there will be changes in a child's life when this happens but that doesn't mean that the youngster can't enjoy the love and care of both parents.
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