Book Description
for I Have Two Homes by Marian De Smet and Nynke Mare Talsma
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Nina lives in two homes. Dad is in one house. Mom is in another. “It used to be different. I used to just have one home with Mom and Dad both in it. Cat had her basket under the stairs and my hamster’s cage was by the window.” Mom and Dad were happy. But then they weren’t and the house became too small, so now there are two homes. Nina can tell that Mom is distracted, and Dad is sad. And when she’s with one parent, she’s thinking about the other. But they work to reassure her that while some things have changed, the most important thing has not: “Mom and Dad aren’t happy with each other anymore. But I know they are very happy with me.” A range of genuine emotions are revealed with terrific honesty and appealing, child-centered details in a welcome, comforting picture book. (Ages 3–7)
CCBC Choices 2013. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2013. Used with permission.