At Daddy's On Saturdays by Linda Walvoord Girard

The first thing that struck me about this book was that it was the first picture book I've ever read that addresses and directly deals with the issue of divorce and it's effect on a family (specifically a young daughter named Katie). The illustrations look as if they were done with watercolors and are very simple and light looking. I like how the book works to depict the emotional roller coaster Katie is going through in attempting to deal with her parents divorce. For example, Katie throws away her favorite doll in an attempt to cope with the news and says of the divorce "it seemed like somebody was throwing somebody else away." I also liked how Katie tends to miss the simple things about her father after he moves out and gets his own apartment. For example, Katie misses not having her dad at the breakfast table in the morning. These sorts of scenes in the book help to give the impact of the divorce on Katie a very realistic feel. Eventually, Katie gets used to going to visit her dad in his new apartment and even learns to enjoy it. I would certainly recommend this book to all readers, and I enjoyed it thoroughly.