Daddy's Time Out - Couverture souple

Gregg, Jeremy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1733453504 ISBN 13 : 9781733453509

Editeur : Mission Allies Publishing LLC, 2021

Synopsis

“Daddy’s Time Out” is a children’s book that uses the metaphor of a ‘time out’ to explain to a child why their father is in prison or jail. It was co-created by a team that included child psychologists, criminal justice professors, and parents whose co-parents are incarcerated. This team collaborated to ensure that the book comforts children affected by their parent’s incarceration without triggering negative feelings about themselves, their incarcerated parent, or the adults who are raising them. In the words of one librarian who manages the books provided to children who visit their parents in prison, it “is the perfect way to explain incarceration to a child.”

The book was written by three-time TEDx speaker Jeremy Gregg; beautifully illustrated in watercolors by Christian McGowan; and produced by Joan Richardson at Mission Allies Publishing, a company based on the belief that “every mission begins with a story.”

Book Summary

The book’s narrator is a child (a lion cub named “Chris”) whose own father is in prison, and he explains how adults who are in prison are not necessarily bad people: they just made a bad choice and need to take a ‘time out’ in a place called jail or prison. It goes on to help children navigate the complexities of birthdays, holidays, and other difficult conversations with friends and family. The book ends by offering helpful ways for the reader to deal with their own feelings, including writing a letter to their father (with the affirmation that such letters do not need to be sent but can just be a way for the child to “write their own story”).

Endorsements

The book has been endorsed by both sides of the political aisle, from conservatives at the Charles Koch Institute to progressives at Equal Justice USA. It has also been supported by leaders from the Prison Entrepreneurship Program; Prison Fellowship; Big Brothers Big Sisters (whose Amachi program provides mentors to children with a parent in prison); as well as wardens and prison officials from around the world. To find out more about this book and its journey, please go to www.DaddysTimeOut.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mission Allies Publishing LLC
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1733453504
• ISBN 13: 9781733453509
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: McGowan Christian
• Nombre de pages: 45
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible