Families, families, families! / by Suzanne Lang & Max Lang.
"A host of animals portrays all kinds of non-traditional families"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780553499384
- ISBN: 0553499386
- ISBN: 9781338719727
- ISBN: 1338719726
- Physical Description: color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Random House Childrens Books, 2015.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. |
Target Audience Note: | AD480L Lexile Decoding demand: 57 (medium) Semantic demand: 65 (high) Syntactic demand: 60 (medium) Structure demand: 45 (medium) Lexile |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Families > Juvenile fiction. Animals > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Stories in rhyme. Picture books. |
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- 21 of 21 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 3 of 3 copies available at Scenic Regional.
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- 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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Scenic Regional-Sullivan | E LAN (Text) | 3005177521 | Easy Book | Available | - |
Scenic Regional-Union | E LAN (Text) | 300517753+ | Easy Book | Available | - |
Scenic Regional-Warrenton | E LAN (Text) | 3005177505 | Easy Book | Available | - |
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Summary
Families, Families, Families!
No matter your size, shape, or pedigree--if you love each other, you are a family! Moms, dads, sisters, brothers -- and even Great Aunt Sue -- 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 1--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 portrait--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 grandparents.../and some live with an aunt./Some children have many pets.../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 and--brothers." The cartoon-style critters contrast pleasantly with more realistic elements--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.--Mary Jean Smith, formerly at Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN