pwbalto's review against another edition
4.0
My one issue with this book is what I assume is the illustrator’s choice to make the main character a white boy, when the author is a woman of color and it is clearly from an author’s note that the story is in part based on her experience.
lauriehnatiuk's review against another edition
4.0
Weekend Dad deals with the realities of a young child starting to transition between two homes when parents separate or divorce. A young boy recounts his week with his mom and then the weekend when he spends time with his dad. There are some heart-filled sections when the boy leaves his beloved stuffie to keep his dad company and a letter that his dad gives to his son.
sbarnes_2022's review against another edition
4.0
I was happy to see this book arrive at the Library. Kids need these types of books! However, I’m sad that the little boy has to sleep on the floor while his dad slept in a bed.
patsaintsfan's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
4.0
Illustrations are hilarious
tcbueti's review against another edition
4.0
When visiting his newly divorced Dad, the narrator doesn't want to do special things--he wants to do what they would have done at home. Leaves his dad his stuffed animal. SWEET!
backonthealex's review against another edition
5.0
A young boy navigates the confusing changes in his life after his parents divorce - two homes, but neither feels like home without the other parent.
tashrow's review
4.0
When his father moves out of the house, the narrator of this picture book thinks about him a lot. His father is just a bus ride away, past the park and through the tunnel. On Friday, the boy gets to visit him, making sure to take his stuffed hedgehog Wendell along. Father and son take the bus together through the tunnel, talking the entire time. Then they are at the boy’s second home, but it doesn’t feel like home at all, since his mother isn’t there. The night is different and strange, sleeping in an empty room that has yet to be decorated with even a bed. His father wants to do something special, but the boy wants a normal day. So they have breakfast, play cards, go to the park, have dinner. Before returning to his mother, the boy leaves Wendell on his father’s bed to keep him company.
It is the tone here that is particularly effective. Hrab captures the strangeness of suddenly living in a divorced family and being a child navigating moving between two homes for the first time. Both parents are loving and gentle, showing their son support for the changes he is facing. But he still needs to experience them and go through them, even if his parents are lovely.
Viva’s illustrations are in his signature style that wonderfully warp, color and expose the strangeness of regular life. His distorted figures match the strangeness that the main character is experiencing, almost like a fun-house mirror at times and then other times frank and direct.
A look at divorce through the eyes of a child with inventive illustrations and a genuine exploration of emotions. Appropriate for ages 4-6.
It is the tone here that is particularly effective. Hrab captures the strangeness of suddenly living in a divorced family and being a child navigating moving between two homes for the first time. Both parents are loving and gentle, showing their son support for the changes he is facing. But he still needs to experience them and go through them, even if his parents are lovely.
Viva’s illustrations are in his signature style that wonderfully warp, color and expose the strangeness of regular life. His distorted figures match the strangeness that the main character is experiencing, almost like a fun-house mirror at times and then other times frank and direct.
A look at divorce through the eyes of a child with inventive illustrations and a genuine exploration of emotions. Appropriate for ages 4-6.
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