Max Meets Emma: Learning about Blended Families from a Basset Hound's Perspective features Max, the dog, and Emma, the cat, whose separate owners have decided to marry after an earlier divorce. This story allows children to explore their own feelings, thoughts, and concerns about blending their families. Max and Emma share a variety of experiences together as they learn to accept each other for who they are (with all the differences attributable to cats and dogs) and ultimately how to blend into one new family. Max Meets Emma is meant to be read together by parents (or other family members) and their children who are experiencing the blending of families.