In the second half of the book, where the main character realizes that it is ok and that hearts cannot be put back together with glue the images are no longer broken.

Having personally used this book to communicate divorce with younger family members, it is definitely a book I would recommend to any teacher etc! This book addresses many feelings and questions children may have related to such controversial themes.This changes the boy’s attitude towards what is happening to his family and he begins to embrace events more positively. The little boy then learns that is in fact okay that his parents have split and that it is not his fault nor will his parents love for him change. Beautifully rhyming story that flows and in with really lovely language tackles the issue of parent separation. The illustrations in this book were also effective as they showed everything broken in half throughout the first half of the book where the main characters aim is to get his parents some glue to get back together. The illustrations represent how he feels as if his whole word is breaking apart until he finds comfort in the fact that his parents love for him will never break.

I would say this book is mainly aimed at KS1 and early years children (if read by teacher/adult), however could also be used in lower KS2. His method for this isn't the usual response though: he looks for glue to stick his mum and dad together. Kids who suddenly see their parents fall out, they see them sad, angry, sometimes there are arguments. The characters have a rough charm that really draws you in - there are hints of Quentin Blake's ink drawings, but Wildish's style is very much of its own. I really enjoyed this book as it follows the tale of a little boy who’s parents have/ are in the process of getting a divorce.Although I think this story focused on parent separation in a nice way, I did feel like the ending was a bit abrupt. Gray did not want to give false hope to any child that could be experiencing the demise of their parents’ marriage - this would be unethical, and could be potentially damaging to a child's emotional state (especially, for example, if Gray wrote a story where the parent's got back together, and everything mapped out harmoniously, because that could create a distorted, misleading expectation in a child's mind).

Beautiful book from a child’s perspective of handling divorce- really makes you think about how a child may see a divorce of parents.Divorce is a tricky time for children, and the message is always the same: it's not you and mum and dad will always love you. It might be an obvious metaphor, but it perfectly captures the feelings that children might be having, without being melodramatic or scary. This story is told in such a kind and soft way that this may allow children to feel comfortable to talk about the subject.

The author conveys a difficult topic in a sensitive manner whilst offering a sense of warmth and understanding at the end. For my future classroom, I hope to get a copy of this book for children to read if they are ever in the same situation as the main character of this story so that they are able to understand what is happening more.The love a parent has for a child is unconditional; Complete and absolute, and not dependent on any terms or conditions. Mum and Dad Glue by Kes Gray, illustrated by the winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2013. The child's concept of sticking his parents back together with glue is so down to earth and truly places the reader into the mindset of a young person desperate for his mum and dad to stay together.