Author: Linda Walvoord Girard
Type or emotional/crisis issue(s) addressed: Divorce
Year of Publication: 1987
Publisher & Location: Albert Whitman & Company:
ISBN#: 0-8075-0475-0
Target Age Level: Lower Elementary
# of Pages: 32
Quality of Illustrations: Each set of pages has an illustration that depicts the words on the page. Not very colorful, and a little dated, but the illustrations portray the emotions of the characters well.
Brief Summary: Although her parents' divorce causes her to feel anger, concern, and sadness, Katie discovers that she can keep a loving relationship with her father even though he lives apart from her.
Personal Comments/Biases, and/or Things to Consider When Using This Book With Children: This book portrays the father/daughter relationship nicely. The girl lives with her mother but spends her weekends with her dad. The parents in the book did a good job explaining why they were getting divorced but that it did not change how they felt about her. May be difficult reading to children of divorced parents whose fathers are not an active part of their lives.
Activities:
- Using a poster or paper that portrays a variety of emotions, have the students identify which emotions Katie is feeling after each day, and compare it to how they felt.
- All together, make lists of what things changed for Katie and what things stayed the same. Have the kids make their own lists.
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