Mom and Dad Don't Live Together Anymore

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Divorce is never easy, not for parents and especially not for children. More than 20 years ago, celebrated author Kathy Stinson wrote in a positive way about the confusion, insecurity, and sorrow experienced by young children whose parents have separated. Since then, Mom and Dad Dont Live Together Anymore has brought comfort to countless families dealing with this difficult issue. This critically acclaimed best-seller, reprinted 15 times, now returns with fresh new illustrations and updated text. For the young girl of the story, splitting time between parents has its ups and downs. She likes the elevators and garbage chutes of moms city apartment, but the horses near dads country home are great, too. Not knowing where shell be for holidays is hard. Even so, she is comforted knowing that each parent still provides the same love and caringjust not together anymore. Sensitively told and featuring reassuring illustrations, Mom and Dad Dont Live Together Anymore offers children a gentle entry into an upsetting subject.

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Kathy Stinson is the best-selling author of more than 20 books for children and young adults. She lives outside Toronto.

Vian Oelofsen is a cartoonist and the illustrator of several books for children, two of which have won awards in his native South Africa. He lives in England.