Read on to see our list of recommended books for blended families. In this article, we have made some selections for you. Given how many books are out there, it could be overwhelming picking a book to read. So, if you’re looking for insight into how blended families work, what to expect, and everything else around the topic, you can stick to this website, or grab a book! It’s a feeling of knowing that there is evidence out there that while blending families could be new to you, there are some actual people out there who have been there, experienced it, and have succeeded (and wrote the book on it, literally!). Just knowing there are books out there on this topic helps you feel a little less along. The process can be stressful especially if you want to be sure everything goes as smoothly as possible.īooks are certainly a P to guide us through this. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.Every year, new blended families are formed – in the millions. Even the moon seemed to smile.' Well, like Otis, this exquisitely told tale is a welcome addition to any collection.-Sara Lissa Paulson, The American Sign Language and English Lower School, New York City Turns out that Otis can spin a pretty good yarn that 'settled on Cardell's fur like a warm blanket. Then Otis arrives, and he makes Cardell feel 'a grrr form in his throat.' He expects his mother to say, 'We can do without Otis.but 'Adiós, Otis' never came.' The complicated feelings of a child who must accept a new stepparent are woefully underrepresented in children's literature. He loves his 'perfectly good mama,' but not the series of suitors that come a-courtin' but are soon sent away. Cardell loves his daddy who can sing and play and cook jalapeño flapjacks like no other, but he has to share his 'perfectly good daddy' with a stepmother and a baby stepbrother. White stands out like the stars in the desert night, and the eyelashes of these coyotes are long and lush or their cheeks blush. The cadence of the story, with its soothing repetition, balances the new dual-home reality of so many children today with the old comfort of Home where a child feels 'loved through and through.' The beautifully toned gouache brushwork and large swatches of color are reminiscent of Rothko's work on one page while evoking classic Golden Book aesthetics on the next. PreS-Gr 3-Set in the southwestern desert, this adorable, humble tale of how a young coyote copes with divorced parents will win children's hearts.

When Otis Courted Mama by Kathi Appelt