My Daddy's Going Away
by Christopher MacGregor, illustrated by Emma Yarlett
Interest age: 3 to 7
Reading age: 6+
Published by Random House Children’s Books, 2013
About this book
When Daddy goes away the rest of the family feel sad and miss him terribly. But they soon find ways to feel better as each day passes and the time for Daddy to come home gets nearer.
This book, helping to promote the charity Combat Stress, tells an engaging and comforting story of children coping with a father's absence from home. With rhyming text and appealing, fun illustrations, it cleverly and subtly helps children to understand and find ways to cope with separation.
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