Cosmos' Mom and Dad Are Moving Apart

by Annie Thiel

Book by Thiel Annie

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Joanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about parents getting divorced. This book addresses the concerns that a young child might have with friendly text and colorful illustrations. It shares how children might feel, who they can talk to, and the back offers “super cool stuff to do,” including creating two calendars of the days you’ll be at Mom’s house and when you’ll be at Dad’s.

[Tavia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book tells the story of a young boy named Cosmos who starts to experience divorce in his family. At first his parents are happy but then they begin to argue all the time, so Cosmos' parents go to him and explain that they are getting a divorce and that mom is moving out. This makes Cosmos feel a range of emotions, and his parents try to comfort him. When Cosmos gets to school he shares the news and is shocked to find that a lot of his friends parents are divorce. Some of his friends respond to him in a nice manner, by trying to share their experience. Others, are not so nice to Cosmos and make fun of him, for reasons which are revealed in the book. Cosmos realizes that there are plenty of people he can talk to about how he feels so he chooses to talk to his grandmother. After talking with his granny Cosmos becomes much happier. He starts spending time with each parent in their own home and notices that his parents are happier. At the end Cosmos remembers one important thing, which is that his parents love him and that they will always be a family. This book relates to the cultural topic: family, because it shows how a family can start off together in one home and may eventually split and end up in two homes. This book is a realistic fiction book and definitely can offer an array of things to think about and cause questions to arise. It does include a family problem and how that family chose to resolve their issues. The illustrations are very depicting of what is taking place in the story and even add a few extra things that could be very interesting. The characters use speech that directly relates to their cultural and language and a few of the background characters are of different cultural backgrounds.

[Shanice · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about a little boy named Cosmos. Cosmos parents are constantly fighting and one day they decide to get a divorce. Cosmos is very confused and thinks it is something he did to cause his parents to dislike one another. His parents then explain to him that it is not his fault and he may begin to experience different emotions toward the situation. Cosmos makes new friends at school of other kids whose parents are also divorced. Cosmos spent weekdays with his dad and weekends with his mm. He realized that they were much happier when they were apart. This book is very age appropriate for small children to understand. The characters and the dialogue they use towards one another are very realistic. The illustrations in this book are vibrant and eye catching. The pictures go hand-in-hand with the text and are easy for early reader to use as support.

Quote from book "We're divorcing each other, we're not divorcing you. We LOVE you!"

[Tyra Denine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this interactive kids book about divorce. This is realistic, yet the illustrations provide a little humor which added to the story and made it come to life! I like how this book presents itself as a journal/lesson that the readers can learn from and become comfortable with expressing their emotions. It allows you to travel through the life of Cosmos from a very small child to, by the end of the book, having a wife and children of his own. It gives one hope that life goes on AFTER divorce and that happiness still awaits.

[Stephanie Grassie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series. Written by a child psychologist, the books talk about important, life changing events often occurring in the lives of children. It helps to bring up sensitive topics in a way that helps the child to understand the situation as well as verbalize how they may be feeling. My niece and nephew (7) love them.