This comforting, reassuring picture book will help young children come to terms with divorce and separation.A little boy tries to find a pot of parent glue to stick his mum and dad back together. His parents have come undone and he wants to mend their marriage, stick their smiles back on and make them better. But, as he learns, even though his parents' relationship may be broken, their love for him is not. "An excellent book aimed squarely at young children." Nursery World"Resonates with empathy and poignancy." Junior
Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Kes Gray, Lee WildishEAN: 9780340957110COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 179 gHEIGHT: 256 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Hachette Children's GroupDATE PUBLISHED: 2010-10-07CITY: GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Marriage & Divorce, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / ParentsWIDTH: 234 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
For primary education, For National Curriculum Early Years (England and Wales), Interest age: from c 3 years, Children’s picture books, Picture storybooks, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Divorce, separation, family break-up
While the text carries the message, the pictures contribute significantly to this excellent story ... for the child facing parental breakdown, it could be a lifesaver, Incredibly powerful, Understanding and honest, It has the usual message that Mum and Dad still love the little boy ... but its key meaning is something more than that. This book shows how the strength to come to terms with a divorce is within the child and not dependent on the love of the parents. This is an important message for a child to learn at any age and in any circumstance, An excellent book aimed squarely at young children
Kes is a bestselling, multi award-winning author of more than 70 books for children. He eats Ideaflakes for breakfast, spreads silliness on his toast and lives in a place called Different.Oi Frog!, Oi Dog! and Oi Cat! are a top ten bestselling series. Oi Dog! won the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award and was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the British Book Awards in 2016, amongst others. It also won the Teach Primary New Children's Fiction Award, MadeForMums Award, Bishop's Stortford Picture Book Award and Portsmouth Picture Book Award. Oi Cat! was the Independent Booksellers Children's Book of the Season and Oi Goat! was the number one bestselling World Book Day book in 2018.Lee Wildish is an acclaimed illustrator. His Spooky, Spooky House won the Overall Red House Children's Book Award, his Spaghetti with the Yeti was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Book Prize, and he has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award and the Sheffield Children's Book Award.
This comforting, reassuring picture book will help young children come to terms with divorce and separation.A little boy tries to find a pot of parent glue to stick his mum and dad back together. His parents have come undone and he wants to mend their marriage, stick their smiles back on and make them better. But, as he learns, even though his parents' relationship may be broken, their love for him is not. "An excellent book aimed squarely at young children." Nursery World"Resonates with empathy and poignancy." Junior
Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Kes Gray, Lee WildishEAN: 9780340957110COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 179 gHEIGHT: 256 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Hachette Children's GroupDATE PUBLISHED: 2010-10-07CITY: GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Marriage & Divorce, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / ParentsWIDTH: 234 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
For primary education, For National Curriculum Early Years (England and Wales), Interest age: from c 3 years, Children’s picture books, Picture storybooks, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Divorce, separation, family break-up
Kes is a bestselling, multi award-winning author of more than 70 books for children. He eats Ideaflakes for breakfast, spreads silliness on his toast and lives in a place called Different.Oi Frog!, Oi Dog! and Oi Cat! are a top ten bestselling series. Oi Dog! won the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award and was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the British Book Awards in 2016, amongst others. It also won the Teach Primary New Children's Fiction Award, MadeForMums Award, Bishop's Stortford Picture Book Award and Portsmouth Picture Book Award. Oi Cat! was the Independent Booksellers Children's Book of the Season and Oi Goat! was the number one bestselling World Book Day book in 2018.Lee Wildish is an acclaimed illustrator. His Spooky, Spooky House won the Overall Red House Children's Book Award, his Spaghetti with the Yeti was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Book Prize, and he has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award and the Sheffield Children's Book Award.
