Families, Families, Families!

Families, Families, Families!

No matter your size, shape, or pedigree--if you love each other, you are a family!

Moms, dads, sisters, brothers â€” and even Great Aunt Sue â€” appear in dozens of combinations, demonstrating all kinds of nontraditional families! Silly animals are cleverly depicted in framed portraits, and offer a warm celebration of family love.

From School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 1â€”Imagine a house with many rooms, whose walls each have a different color or wallpaper, accenting a family portrait hanging there. On a rustic wooden wall hangs the first portraitâ€”a large family of ducks posing beside a still pond. The next spread shows three pandas in pink vests, much like the pink oriental wallpaper behind them. Each portrait features a gently rhyming line: "Some children live with their grandparentsâ€¦/and some live with an aunt./Some children have many petsâ€¦/and some just have a plant." All of these appealing images demonstrate different ways of being a family. "Some children live with their father./ Some children have two mothers./Some children are adopted./Some have stepsisters andâ€”brothers." The cartoon-style critters contrast pleasantly with more realistic elementsâ€”a bamboo plant, a slender ceramic dog, a fat ceramic cat. Families of hippos, tigers, lions, ostriches, and whales join the other family groups in the final spread. The loud-and-clear message is that "if you love each other, then you are a family." And imagine the many children who will be reassured because they have found a portrait of a family they will recognize as their own. A solid choice for most libraries.â€”Mary Jean Smith, formerly at Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House Studio
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Cream
ReleaseDate 2015-03-24
UnitCount 1
Format Picture Book
EANs 9780553499384

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House Studio
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Cream
ReleaseDate	2015-03-24
UnitCount	1
Format	Picture Book
EANs	9780553499384

Families, Families, Families!

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