The Un-Wedding by Babette Cole

This book does a great job of touching on the subject of divorce. This is something that is very common and will most likely appear with students in my class. The book gives a fun and enjoyable way to bring up the issue and not ignore it. The fact that the parents hate every little thing about each other can show kids that sometimes it is just not a good idea to live with someone that does not agree with you. You could show the students this by saying, one student that hates cats would probably not like living with another student that loves cats. When the students post a sign to have other kids that have the same problem meet and discuss, a bunch of other kids turn up. This can show students that they are not weird because they have divorced parents and that many other students are just like them. They also talk about how, at first they thought it might be their fault, but they come to the realization that it really is just their parents being immature. It is great because in the end, instead of showing the parents signing divorce papers. The author makes things more simplistic and sugar-coated, by having an un-wedding for the parents. The book also shows, the kids much happier in the end when their parents are not fighting all the time. This is a great way to see the positives in such a negative situation and to teach kids that do not have divorced parents, that it is also common to have parents that do not live together.