Do I Have a Daddy?: A Story for a Single-Parent Child - Softcover

Lindsay, Jeanne Warren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 093093444X ISBN 13: 9780930934446

Publisher: Morning Glory Press, 1992

Synopsis

A single mother explains to her son that his daddy left soon after he was born, and includes answers for the question "Do I have a daddy?"

About this title

About the Author:

Jeanne Warren Lindsay is the author of 16 books, including Books, Babies, and School-Age Parents; The Challenge of Toddlers; and Your Baby's First Year. She lives in Buena Park, California. Jami Moffett is the illustrator of Did My First Mother Love Me? She lives in Sedro-Wooley, Washington.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2-- When Erik asks his mother why he doesn't have a father, she tells him that he went away because he wasn't ready for the responsibility of caring for a baby. During her explanation, she reinforces that she'd wanted Erik very much. She also tells him that she and Erik's daddy were young and not ready for marriage. Dialogue is stilted, and plot developments are so forced that they can only be viewed as instructional contrivances. In fact, the story itself seems instructive; its energy does not flow directly to the child. The characters, drawn in pencil, look deformed. Their elongated bodies, dilated pupils, and odd-shaped faces contribute a strange feeling, and may communicate anxiety rather than reassurance. Following this story, a 13-page "Special Section for Single Parents" offers advice on explaining the situation to children as well as on psychological and legal issues. It is written clearly and directly, offering practical suggestions that are easily extracted and understood. Unfortunately, its location implies that it is secondary, and it casts too clinical a light on the story. --Liza Bliss, Leominster Public Library, MA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Morning Glory Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 093093444X
• ISBN 13: 9780930934446
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Moffett Jami