My Blended Family

Lenny follows Olivia for a school project and learns about her life with her stepfamily.

My Blended Family is an entertaining and colorful book intended to help adults explain the concept of blended families and how they work. There are two stories in this book, Weekend Visit and Birthday Party.

Blended Family Advice is step-by-step guide to help blended and stepfamilies navigate the rough areas in their marriage and family. The book focuses on three main areas: marriage, kids, and the outside world. Learn how to communicate with your ex-spouse successfully, create a sense of unity in your newly blended family, how to treat stepparents and stepsiblings, and how to create house rules and expectations in your new blended household. Shirley Cress Dudley uses her skills as a licensed professional counselor, and as a stepmom to help blended and step families learn how to become strong and successful. Blended Family Advice contains the keys to a successful blended family along with several bonus reports: a financial planner, creating successful blended family holidays, house hunting for the blended family, and a guide for grandparents. Blended families and stepfamilies will find this book to be a comprehensive resource and one that every stepfamily and blended family will need in their home. Visit The Blended and Step Family Resource Center http://www.TheBlendedandStepFamilyResourceCenter.com and http://www.BlendedFamilyAdvice.com for more information. Shirley Cress Dudley, MA LPC [email protected]

My Family is a new picture book series in which young readers will explore family diversity in an approachable, gentle manner through the eyes of second grader Lenny. When it's time to report on the Student of the Week, Lenny visits his classmates' homes to take pictures and get to know them better. Through innocent interactions, he discovers new friendships--and more important, he learns love makes a family. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Various challenging issues arise in the course of adoption and questions may arise from the child wanting to know their origin. This books offers the parents a guide on how to respond to sensitive questions raised by the child and not just ignore these questions. Ignoring these type of questions is common in a typical Nigerian (African) family hence the need to set the book within an African context.

Five year old Carter, gives the reader a walk through his life and the life of his friends who are in blended/step families. My Blended Family, will inspire children who are transitioning between two homes, and assist children in understanding their new family structure.

Introducing 'My Blended Family: Emily's Story', a heartwarming tale about a little girl navigating the loss of her parents and finding happiness in her new life. The story follows Emily as she copes with the grief of losing her parents and learns to embrace joy in her aunt's loving embrace. Authored by Consuela Me-Ann, this beautifully written tale teaches children how to find happiness despite experiencing the loss of loved ones. Parents and teachers alike can use this book as an excellent teaching tool to help children better understand grief and how they can learn to cope with it. Don't miss out on 'My Blended Family: Jackson's Story', the next story in this inspiring collection that helps children learn valuable life lessons while also enjoying an engaging reading experience! Order your copy today!

Jackson's story is about two brothers adjusting to life with foster parents while maintaining a relationship with their birth mother. This book is designed to help children who are learning to cope with life in the foster care system. If you liked Jackson's Story, check out the next story in the My Blended Family collection: Emily's Story.