Written by Colleen H. Robley Blake; Illustrated by Randy Jennings
PUBLICATION DATE: October 2009
$15.95 ● Perfect Bound Softcover ● ISBN: 9781426916120
New Faith-Oriented Children’s Book Helps Kids Learn How to Handle Their Parents’ Divorce
West Haven, Conn., (November 23, 2009) – Little Alex and his brother Stephen must find a way to cope with their parents’ divorce in Living With Mom, Spending Time With Dad.
Living With Mom, Spending Time With Dad is the third offering from acclaimed children’s book author Colleen H. Robley Blake. The perfect bound soft-cover book also features the full-color vibrant artwork of Randy Jennings, the illustrator of over two dozen children’s books and a collaborator in several children’s art programs, animated productions and freelance projects for companies such as Leaping Antelope Productions and The Walt Disney Company.
Children can read along as grade schooler Alex and his older brother Stephen learn that their parents are divorcing and their family life is completely changing. Alex deals with the divorce just as most children do: with a mixture of fear, anger, and remorse. As Alex and Stephen see their father less often, Alex clings desperately to the hope that his family will go back to the way it was. All the while, both parents assure their children that life will be different, but that they both love Alex and Stephen just as much as they did before.
Alex finds solace in praying to God for his family to unite again. Over time, with his faith in God to guide him, Alex begins to see that life may be different and upsetting, but he is always surrounded by love.
Dedicated to Ms. Robley Blake’s children and based on the real accounts of the author’s family life, Living With Mom, Spending Time With Dad is a family book that helps children of divorce understand that their feelings are not unusual and that there is hope even in upsetting situations. It addresses divorce in a household of young children with both compassion and pragmatism.
Written in a poetic scheme that is both rhythmic and accessible to children of all ages, Living With Mom, Spending Time With Dad is the perfect book for single and divorcing parents to read aloud to their children or for young grade school children to read on their own. The end of the book includes a reading exercise for parents to test their children’s reading and listening comprehension, making this book both a spiritual and an academic educational experience.
Living With Mom, Spending Time With Dad is published by Trafford Publishing for $15.95. Copies are available through Trafford Publishing (www.trafford.com)
About Author: Colleen H. Robley Blake spent most of her childhood in Trinidad, West Indies with her grandparents and moved to Brooklyn, New York at age twelve to live with her parents. Currently residing in Connecticut with her two sons, Ms. Robley Blake uses her sons for inspiration for her non-fiction children’s picture books, I Can't Wait Till I'm Five; the 2009 Beach Book Festival honorable mention winner Mom, I Fired The Babysitter; and Living With Mom, Spending Time With Dad. To learn more about Ms. Robley Blake’s children’s books, visit www.robleyblake.com.
Media Contact: Colleen H. Robley Blake, chrb@robleyblake.com, 203 710-4906.
