Jennifer Has Two Daddies

by P. Galloway

Jennifer has two daddies, and that's just fine; she has one 'real' daddy, and one 'real' stepdaddy. But when one daddy goes away on a trip Jennifer is faced with the challenge of learning how to deal with change.

Paperback

First published December 1, 1990

Reviews

[Sarah Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite picture books, both for text and masterful illustrations. it is about separation anxiety, not so much an explanation of "mom's house, dad's house." Jennifer lives with her dad and her cat Marmalade one week, her mom and stepfather the other. Her dad went away long ago in the aftermath of the divorce, and she has no opinion of his going away again for short periods, even though her mother and step father provide her with security. But he does, and poor Marmalade has to stay at "The Happy Feline" for three weeks. She tries to phone her father in the middle of the night and gets India by mistake, and the woman who answers the phone very firmly tells her not to get off the line, but to get her mother right away.
The illustrations are truly spectacular, and the text, told from Jennifer's point of view, who might be six or so, is respectfully done, even though it is a little funny from the adult point of view.

[Three O'Clock Press]

Jennifer has two daddies, and that's just fine; she has one 'real' daddy, and one 'real' stepdaddy. But when one daddy goes away on a trip Jennifer is faced with the challenge of learning how to deal with change.