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Higginbotham, Anastasia.
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Divorce -- Juvenile literature.
Children of divorced parents -- Juvenile literature.
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Higginbotham, Anastasia.
Divorce -- Juvenile literature.
Children of divorced parents -- Juvenile literature.
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Divorce
is the
worst
/ written and illustrated by Anastasia Higginbotham.
by
Higginbotham, Anastasia.
The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, c2015.
Call #:
306.89 H535d
Subjects
Divorce
-- Juvenile literature.
Children of divorced parents -- Juvenile literature.
Series
Ordinary terrible things.
ISBN:
9781558618800
1558618805
Description:
64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Summary:
A lovingly crafted picture book speaking to the child's perspective on
divorce
. The book offers advice, sympathy, and wit to match without being pandering or authoritative. While admitting that divorces are painful, it above all empowers its young reader to cope with and even make the best of a difficult situation.
"How can you not love a children's author who sees so clearly from her reader's point of view?"-Julie Bowen, actress, Modern Family"This book provides, through honest language and evocative imagery, a uniquely realistic view of how children experience
divorce
. While neither softening or white-washing this difficult topic, Higginbotham offers an ultimately comforting message to parents and children experiencing separation and
divorce
."-Lisa Spiegel, LMHC, Soho Parenting, NYCKids are told, "it's for the best"-and one day, it may be. But right now,
divorce
is the
worst
. With honesty and humor, Anastasia Higginbotham beautifully conveys the challenge of staying whole when your entire world, and the people in it, split apart. The first children's book to tackle
divorce
from a child-validating point of view,
Divorce
Is the
Worst
is an invaluable tool for families, therapeutic professionals, and
divorce
mediators struggling to address this common and complex experience.
Divorce
Is the
Worst
is the first book in a series of feminist children's books, Ordinary Terrible Things, which deals with common childhood crises and how children themselves find their own way to cope and grow.Anastasia Higginbotham is a writer and illustrator in Brooklyn, NY, whose childhood experience of
divorce
inspired this book.
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