Raising You Alone - Hardcover

Hanson, Warren

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0972650466 ISBN 13: 9780972650465

Publisher: Tristan Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Raising You Alone is an essential book for an essential for any single-parent family. With heart and humor, it talks about the quirks and challenges that must be faced every day. A picture book for parents as well as children, this honest engaging story is the perfect way to say, I will always love you.Raising You Alone, allows the reader to experience single parenting through the eyes of the parent. Walking through life's ups and downs, the story takes us through the pain, triumph and unconditional love between a parent and a child. Hanson's heartwarming tale takes you through many day-today situations and his full-color illustrations bring the story to life.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

It isn't easy being a single parent. And it isn't easy being the kid of a single parent, either. There is anger and frustration. Loneliness and loss. Never enough money, and never enough time.But there can also be an appreciation for this new life together. Laughter in the learning. Moments to share, just between us.Our special little family.Raising You Alone is a book for single parents to read out loud with our kids. It talks about the difficulties that we will face together. But in a sweet, light-hearted way that will have us shaking our heads and saying, "Yup, that's us, all right!" This is a book that both parents and kids will come back to over and over again. And the message that it delivers is one that will last a lifetime...I will always love you, and will do my best at RAISING YOU ALONE.

About the Author:

Author and illustrator, public speaker and musician, Warren Hanson has his name on several currently available books, including two he wrote and illustrated: The Next Place (1997; over 250,000 sold); Older Love (1999; nearly 20,000 sold); and six that he illustrated: A Cup of Christmas Tea (1982; 1.5 million sold); A Memory of Christmas Tea (1999; over 110,000 sold); Mark of the Maker (1991; over 50,000 sold); PEEF The Christmas Bear (1995; 240,000 sold); A Silent Night for PEEF (1998; 65,000 sold); Reading With Dad (2000; 12,000 sold).

On his business card, right under Warren Hanson’s name, it says “illustrator, author, amateur.” As an amateur, he goes back to the word’s Latin root, which means “someone who does something purely for the love of doing it. “ Warren Hanson love what he does. And it shows. Warren lives with his wife Becky in Houston, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tristan Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0972650466
• ISBN 13: 9780972650465
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 28