A review by nerfherder86
Weekends with Max and His Dad by Linda Urban

3.0

This charming chapter book, for maybe 2nd-3rd graders?, is about a 3rd grader named Max who goes to spend the first three weekends post-divorce with his Dad in his Dad's new apartment. They play Spies together, go furniture shopping, make friends with new neighbors in the apartment building, and learn a little bit more about each other's interests and likes and dislikes. It's a sensitive portrait of adapting to a whole a new family dynamic, with Max discovering that just like some animals in nature, he too has "two habitats," his mom's and his dad's, and that he can be comfortable in both. It also shows how such a transition can be hard for the parents as well. Nice book, with cute little spot illustrations.