A really lovely book, dealing with a fairly hard subject. The lift-and-flap contrasts of living with mom versus living with dad, are colorful and bright. On the aesthetic level alone it has great appeal. The characters in the book are not shown angry in conflict and it is obvious that both parents love the child very much. I agree completely with one of the previous reviews, it is empowering to see the child take positive and active actions in accommodating new normals, such as always carrying her favorite toys though she has different sets at each house and calling the parent she is missing on the phone. I would definitely recommend this to parents and educators looking to explain family changes and different families to younger children. A good book for children whose parents are separating, divorcing or who live apart. School psychologists could use the book as well in counseling sessions. Simple sentences explain how the child's room looks at mom's and flip the flap (not the whole page) to see what it is like at dad's. This design is seen throughout the book as the child notes what life is like at mom's and dad's. At the end of the story, it is made clear that mom and dad both love the child.
This is a cute cute cute lift-the-flap book for kids with parents who have separated.
—pizzaguy55
Neat... a lift and flap for kids whose parent's are divorced... or not. :)
—Emeek
i like the simplicity of the text and all the different topics it covers.
—TokiTori
Great to have a book about this for such a young audience.
—Sassy
