For #BookMatchMonday I am sharing
Two brilliant, beautiful and necessary books
Books that deal with divorce and separation
Books that will help children to understand
That whatever happens
It is not their fault and
They are loved

Two Places To Call Home
Is about a little girl called Florrie
She has two of everything
Which she loves until
She has to live in two different homes
One with her mum and
One with her dad

Florrie’s parents are in her words
Smashing
They both love Florrie very much
They reassure her that
They will still be a family
Just not under one roof

Florries loves her time with Dad
She loves her time with Mum
But she struggles with
The changeovers
She worries that she is not brave enough
To live in two different homes
Her mum and dad come up with
Brilliant creative make believe adventures
And give her special tokens of courage
For when she needs to be brave

There is so much love in this family
So much tenderness
And we love it when Florrie
Sees that her dad looks worried
She shows him how to be brave
Just like he and mum showed her

This is such a special book
For helping children
To embrace change and
Discuss their feelings around
Separation and divorce

Everything Changes
Is a stunning story
Tender and moving
It focuses on the
Children’s feelings
And uses beautiful
Nature metaphors
To describe those feelings
To help children
Identify them
Accept them and
Talk about them

We meet the family on the beach
All is blues skies and sunshine
Until Mummy and Daddy
Tell their little one that they
Cannot live together anymore

The waves crash around the family
As their feelings pound around them
As nerves swirl like the ocean
As anxiety spirals like leaves in the wind
As worries twist and spin like snowflakes

As the pages turn
As the seasons pass
Feelings are accepted
Understood
And hurts are healed
As the family starts
To take a new shape
Because everything changes
And change
Just like the seasons
Can bring good things

This book is filled with
Beautiful descriptive writing
And rich illustrations
For little readers to pore over
The story is punctuated
With reassurance for
Little readers who may
Be experiencing big changes
In their own families

Sometimes grown ups separate
But parents are forever

Big feelings twist and twirl
Inside us all
But when parents break up
They don’t need to be mended

I will always be with you
Love keeps us together
When life keeps us apart

It isn’t about hoping
That the storm will pass
It’s about learning to dance
In the raindrops!

This is a gorgeous illustration
Of how life can change
When parents separate
Showing two loving parents
Comforting their child
And helping them to
Accept the things
That have changed

Just like
Two Places To Call Home
Everything Changes
Is brilliant, beautiful and necessary

Two books for every home and classroom
That deal with divorce and separation
Books that will help children to understand
That whatever happens
Their feelings are valid
It is not their fault and
They are loved