My Bonus Mom!: Taking the Step Out of Stepmom - Softcover

Butcher, Tami

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589852400 ISBN 13: 9781589852402

Publisher: Five Star Publications, 2016

Synopsis

In rhythmic verse, My Bonus Mom!, shows children of divorced families that a positive attitude can lead to a happy outcome and springs open their hearts and minds to accept their own bonus moms. It captures the mixed emotions that surge through young children as they deal with divorce and adjust to remarriage. The children work through their feelings of dismay, fear and anger, and grow to love dad's new wife, whom they come to think of as their bonus mom. Twice the attention, twice the love, twice the fun and twice as many birthday presents! What's not to love? Earned Honorable Mention at 2013 Southern California Book Festival!

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About the Authors

Tami Butcher made it her goal to write a children’s book while teaching seventh-graders at Phoenix Prep Academy. As a child, she grew up with what she lovingly refers to as her “bonus mom,” a nurturing, caring woman many would refer to as a “stepmother.” Butcher’s parents amicably divorced when she was 11, and for the sake of Butcher and her three sisters, decided to keep each other fully involved in their children’s lives despite the divorce. Eventually both her parents remarried, but they continued to share birthdays, holidays and special times together with their children, as well as with their new spouses. Because of her parents’ efforts, Butcher and her sisters grew up feeling blessed for having two moms and dads instead of “stepparents.“ Reflecting on her own family dynamics, Butcher realized that if she could plant a seed in children’s minds that having a stepmother or stepfather can be a &ldquo

Feras Nouf is a published illustrator of children's books and was selected by Tami Butcher to illustrate My Bonus Mom!

I love my stepmom. She did a great job of stepping into a difficult situation, and I would highlyrecommend any parent going through a similar situation to read this book to their child. Not onlyis it a cute read, but it is also written in a loving way that children can relate to. I wish this bookhad been around for me when I was a child going through divorce and remarriage. Well done, myfriend, well done.–Bill Engvall, Comedian, television star of “The Bill Engvall Show” and “Blue Collar Comedy Tour”

Edition details

• Publisher: Five Star Publications
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589852400
• ISBN 13: 9781589852402
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Nouf Feras
• Number of pages: 56