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.

Create a Loving and Safe Environment for Your Blended Family Blended families face unique challenges, and sadly, good intentions aren’t always enough. With so many complex relationships involved, all the normal rules for family life change, even how you apply something as simple as the five love languages. That’s why Gary Chapman, the bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages® andnational expert on stepfamilies, Ron Deal, join together in this book to teach you how the five love languages can help your blended family. They’ll teach you: About the unique dynamics of stepfamilies How to overcome fear and trust issues in marriage How to develop healthy parenting and step-parenting practices How the love languages should—and should not—be applied You’re going to face many challenges, but with the right strategies and smart work, your family can be stronger and healthier together.

When re-married couples bring their families together, they face unique challenges. Somehow, they must bring unity out of diversity. Maxine Marsolini points to biblical solutions to the conflict commonly found in divorce and remarriage situations. 'Growth and Application' questions make this an excellent resource for small groups or Christian counseling.

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.

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.

Based on personal experience and expert insight, this book can help your new family learn to work and play together and to love and respect each other.

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.

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!