Mum and Dad Glue

A little boy’s world is coming apart. Because his parents are splitting up, everything else is too – his house, his toys, his bed, the family car, even the bench he sits on at school – all have jagged splits. He is desperate. What to do? ‘I need a pot of parent glue to stick them back together. I need to patch their marriage up, I need to make them better.’ A visit to the glue shop does not produce parent glue, but he does find an understanding shop lady who helps him see that while his parents’ love for each other is broken, their love for him is not and never will be. He learns to look forward and accept that life will be different. To an adult this story is heartbreaking. There is a forlorn tone in spite of the wonderfully colourful illustrations and rhyming text. To a child experiencing family break-up, however, comfort will be found in the little boy’s having similar feelings to their own. The integrated text and the child-centred artwork make this a special production.