Mum and Dad Glue

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While I understand (and respect) what the book was trying to achieve in terms of accepting/coming to terms with parental separation, I felt that the words used placed a lot of pressure on the child to feel a certain way. It would be a great recommendation to send home, or to read in a smaller, comfortable group, so that children feel they can ask questions, share their response and feelings and talk through these in a trusting environment. It is about a little boy who is trying to cope with his parent separating but because his world is torn apart, its hard for him to do.

This story is told in such a kind and soft way that this may allow children to feel comfortable to talk about the subject. Mum and Dad Glue is very much a message book, and is aimed squarely at young children in the exact same situation as the unnamed hero. The book follows the story in a sensitive and soft tone, and would be a perfect read with a child who is experiencing this in their life. It softly and gently addresses what can be such a difficult subject with lighthearted illustrations and rhyming poetry. Gray did not want to give false hope to any child that could be experiencing the demise of their parents’ marriage - this would be unethical, and could be potentially damaging to a child's emotional state (especially, for example, if Gray wrote a story where the parent's got back together, and everything mapped out harmoniously, because that could create a distorted, misleading expectation in a child's mind).I am glad that the parents talked to him, that the parents made time to make sure he was fine, and that they explained everything to him. The child's concept of sticking his parents back together with glue is so down to earth and truly places the reader into the mindset of a young person desperate for his mum and dad to stay together.

Kes was voted by the Independent as one of the TOP TEN children's authors and he is the author of the award-winning Eat Your Peas and winner of the Red House Children's Book Award. This changes the boy’s attitude towards what is happening to his family and he begins to embrace events more positively. It shows the boy's discovery that sometimes family dynamics change, and although that can be worrying, his parents' love for him will not change. This book is really important to share with children whose parents have or are in the process of splitting as well offering a sense of understanding to others.

He goes on a hunt to try and find some glue to stick them back together but then realises that you cant find glue for the heart. Beautifully rhyming story that flows and in with really lovely language tackles the issue of parent separation. Der kleine Junge in diesem Buch hat ein großes Problem: Seine Eltern sind nicht mehr heile, sie wollen sich trennen und daher braucht er dringend Elternkleber aus dem Bastelladen. Wonderful job on showing how a divorce will feel for a kid, like his world, like his everything is also broken apart.

We Are Wearing Out The Naughty Step by Mick Inkpen gently touches on issues further down the line, when potential step-families are cropping up.This is a good book to share with children who are in this positions to assure them that families can live apart and it will be okay. I would say this book is mainly aimed at KS1 and early years children (if read by teacher/adult), however could also be used in lower KS2. This rhyming story is brilliantly told with a powerful message that even though his parents may be broken, their love for him is not. A powerful poem which follows a boy who’s parents are getting divorced and feels like he is to blame and struggling to come to terms with it. Would be a good book to use in a PSHE lesson or if children in the class have parents going through divorce.

The illustrations highlight how, to them, it can feel like their whole world is breaking and changing which gives the adult reader a perspective on how the process can feel very overwhelming for the child/children involved. The love a parent has for a child is unconditional; Complete and absolute, and not dependent on any terms or conditions.Most of the time it is not the fault of the kid, most of the time parents just lose their love, or find a new love, or some other reason.