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| My Family's Changing (A First Look At Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Pat Thomas
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Category: Book
List Price: $6.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 36631
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 8 x 0.2
ISBN: 0764109952
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.89
EAN: 9780764109959
ASIN: 0764109952
Publication Date: February 1, 1999
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Product Description
This unusual picture book for younger children explores the issue of divorce. The fears, worries, and questions that boys and girls face when their family goes through this difficult period of breaking up are explained in terms children will readily understand. Full-color illustrations.
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 Explain divorce to young children May 14, 2004
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
This book provides a wonderful explanation of how a family changes through divorce, especially for a very young child. It is one of the few books that does not discuss step families, which was not an issue at the time of our split, and supports the idea of a child spending significant time with both parents. Best of all, it's a pleasant read. More than a year after our move, my child still pulls this book off the shelf occassionally.
Sensitive and powerful February 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my 4 yr old nephew in the midst of his parents' divorce, and found it exceptionally helpful. It is sensitively written, yet direct and powerful. The illustrations are rich and expressive, and evoked a very strong response in my nephew, enabling him to express himself in ways he might otherwise not have. Due to his age, I read the book ahead of time and chose which sentences to focus on in order to account for his attention span. But as he grows and develops, we'll be able to read the entire book together. I agree with the other reviewer and also like that this book focuses entirely on the immediate changes, without focusing on step-families. I hope to find a book as good as this one about step families when that becomes a need. I highly recommend this book! Note: the cover shows a boy, and the boy is the primary character, however, many illustrations also include a girl/sister.
 Great read for little ones facing parental divorce. September 16, 2008
Children need books they can relate to particularly in stressful times and this is one of them. Children need more than one book, as the books are explaining different aspects. Adults, parents, G'parents, etc. should also read a good number of books to help the child and themselves.
Valuable addition to a divorcing family's bookshelf October 14, 2008
A straight-forward book for young kids. Kids who want the facts on the ground and appreciate reading about what's happening to them will probably gain from this.
My divorce was a year and a half ago and when I read this book to my 5 year old he was a little bit bored, but kids in the earlier stages of a family breakup may find it valuable.
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