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  • The Night Dad Went to Jail: What to Expect When Someone You Love Goes to Jail by Melissa Higgins book cover
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The Night Dad Went to Jail: What to Expect When Someone You Love Goes to Jail

by Melissa Higgins

A child’s guide to a parent’s incarceration

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A child’s guide to a parent’s incarceration

Through a rabbit’s experience, the book introduces the difficult subject of a parent going to jail in a picture-book format. It acknowledges that children may feel lost, scared, or angry, and offers age-appropriate explanations to support conversations about what is happening. The focus is on helping children understand a family separation caused by incarceration and feel less alone with the experience.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 whose parent or loved one is incarcerated
  • Caregivers seeking an age-appropriate starting point for conversations about jail
  • Families looking for a picture book about difficult feelings and parental incarceration

Themes

Parental incarcerationFamily separationChildren’s feelingsDifficult conversations

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Book overview

When someone you love goes to jail, you might feel lost, scared, and even mad. This colorfully illustrated book lets children know that they are not alone in this situation. It offers age appropriate explanations to help with difficult conversations. Told from the experience of a rabbit, this picture book is intended to make a parent's incarceration a little less frightening.
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