What
experts, professionals and teachers are saying about B.B. and
You and Me Make Three:
“Children never choose for their parents to get a divorce, nor are they consulted prior to the decision being made. But, as a result of adult decisions, children find that their lives are forever changed. This book helps children cope with the changes divorce brings and assists parents in understanding how they can help their children and ease their pain.”
“You and Me Make Three” and the B.B. Bear is a tangible means to help make an intangible process less painful. Many young children will be able to identify with B.B. Bear as a friend and a source of comfort during the stresses of parental divorce.
“Divorce may be taken for granted by our culture, but not by children. No matter how common, it is difficult for all family members and children bear the brunt of the emotional loss. I see many families at our stores making bears to help ease their children through difficult times and now this book and B.B. the Bear is an added way to understand their emotions and not feel so alone in their situation. Thanks B.B. for being such a heroic Bear!”
Build-A-Bear Workshop®
A well-conceived and important contribution for children and families dealing with divorce. This book and bear have the potential to open the dialogue by empowering children with the facts in a form that helps give voice to their feelings and models possible ways of addressing them. As a child psychiatrist, a professor, educator and dean, and as a past president of the American Medical Women’s Association, its approach and its messages resonate with my experiences.
Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association.
“Giving back to our children, schools, teachers and educators and parents of our community is always the top priority of ‘The Education Foundation’. We have found that books provide a special magic for learning. We are proud that such a positive book that addresses a very difficult and common social issue was written and illustrated here in our community. B.B., the companion Teddy Bear that narrates the story in ‘You and Me Make Three’ will assist many teachers, students and parents through the emotional process of divorce and separation. We are fortunate that the authors and illustrators of this book are aligned nationwide and have developed a method for our community to help our local teachers with their donation campaign of ‘A.B.B. Book and Bear in Every School in America’. Thank you to the creators of the B.B. Book and Bear Series”!
of Collier County, Florida"
“B.B. Bear is an effective means to encourage communication between parent and child while providing a special friend for the child to confide in–B.B. Bear helps children to have fantasy play and can be used to facilitate the transition of divorce.”
