Families, Families, Families!

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 25, 2015

Review

This picture book employs rhyming text to celebrate all the different kinds of non-traditional families that one can imagine. There are families with two dads, one mom, lots of siblings, families with one child, children living with grandparents or aunts, a family with step-siblings, with married parents and unmarried parents, and so forth. This book will make children realize that whatever their family might look like, as longs as there is love there, it constitutes a family. The illustrations are amusing, featuring all sorts of animals and sea creatures shown in picture frames inferring that these are family photographs. The text is humorous and will have the little ones giggling. This is a good choice for any bookshelf seeking an option about diversity, acceptance and inclusiveness.

Overall Book Score: very good