The Night Dad Went to Jail: What to Expect When Someone You Love Goes to Jail (Life's Challenges) [Library Binding]

Melissa Higgins (Author), Wednesday Kirwan (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2011 | Age Range: 6 and up | Series: Life's Challenges | Lexile Measure: 470L (What's this?)

When someone you love goes to jail, you might feel lost, scared, and even mad. What do you do? No matter who your loved one is, this story can help you through the tough times.

Editorial Reviews

Review

With its volumes on the expiration of a pet, the death of a relative, and divorce, it would be nice if the Lifes Challenges series wasnt necessary. But where trauma exists, there will always be picture books up to the challenge of addressing them. This --Booklist

About the Author

Melissa Higgins is a Picture Window Books author.

Product Details

• Age Range: 6 and up
  
• Library Binding: 24 pages
• Publisher: Picture Window Books (July 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1404866795
• ISBN-13: 978-1404866799
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,869 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #9 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Law & Crime

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30 of 34 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful September 7, 2012

By klsanchez

Format:Library Binding|Amazon Verified Purchase

I was pleased to see that this book has child-friendly drawings that my son was able to enjoy. I like how it explains the process in simple ways that a child would understand and it has been very helpful with my son in our current situation. Very useful and colorful.

426 of 553 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but sugarcoats things... June 18, 2012

By Herschel McLeod

Format:Library Binding

I bought this book for our adopted Ethiopian son the night my life partner was arrested for grand-theft auto at a Peter Piper's Pizza in Tulsa.

I knew that one way or another we were going to have to break the news to Billy that his other daddy was going away for a while, that both of his daddies still loved him very much, and that everything was going to be okay. And this book delivered all that, but it fell short of giving Billy an accurate picture of what his daddy was going through.

Where are the stained bunk beds? The blazing fluorescent lights? Where's the creepy bunny with the missing ear carving a swastika on the wall with a plastic spoon? Where's the toilet sangria? Where's the bunny snitch that gets shanked by a member of the Aryan Brotherhood?

And about that... Bunnies? Now my kid thinks going to jail is like a trip to Mr. MacGregor's garden. If incarceration is like it is depicted in this book, sign me up! God knows my kid wants to visit now.

Thanks to the author's so-called "sensitivity to children's delicate and irreplaceable sense of innocence," I'm going to have to explain to my kid the difference between the Crips and the Bloods. I'm going to have to teach him the cigarette value of a piece of fresh fish, the dangers of Hepatitis C, and how to fashion a toilet papier-mache chess set.

"Ernest Goes To Jail" did a better job of scaring kids away from a life of crime.

44 of 65 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This is for kids who are suffering because of someone else's crime. December 3, 2012

By Matthew Sullivan

A lot of reviewers seem to be posting not-so-clever and kinda-racist fake reviews because they think its funny that this book exists. I don't.

I'm glad it was written because there are kids who are suffering because of a Mother or Father who have committed a crime. I think we need to punish criminals, even those who have children, but that we need to also be compassionate to the children who have been left behind.

This book helps kids understand they aren't alone, that other children have gone through this, and that they will be ok. I don't think that it says something bad about our society that such books are written, I think it says something beautiful. We care about all children, even those who have criminals for parents. Because if we don't, these kids will be the next generation of inmates.

All of you losers who are making jokes (particularly the racist ones), I really hope you don't have kids. Ever.