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Family Diversity

BOOKS ABOUT ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF FAMILIES


We Are Family By Patricia Hegarty, Ryan Wheatcroft (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Patricia Hegarty, Ryan Wheatcroft (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781680100549
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Published: Tiger Tales - March 7th, 2017

This engaging picture book celebrates the uniqueness and diversity of families—and no matter how different they may seem, the love that is shared is all the same.


How Mamas Love Their Babies By Juniper Fitzgerald, Elise Peterson (Illustrator) Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781936932009
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Published: Feminist Press - February 13th, 2018

Illustrating the myriad ways that mothers provide for their children--piloting airplanes, washing floors, or dancing at a strip club--this book is the first to depict a sex-worker parent. It provides an expanded notion of working mothers and challenges the idea that only some jobs result in good parenting.


Walk with Me By Jairo Buitrago, Rafael Yockteng (Illustrator), Elisa Amado (Translator) Cover Image
By Jairo Buitrago, Rafael Yockteng (Illustrator), Elisa Amado (Translator)
$18.95
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ISBN: 9781554988570
Published: Groundwood Books - March 1st, 2017

A deceptively simple, imaginative story depicting the complex emotional reality of a girl whose father no longer lives at home.


Still a Family: A Story about Homelessness By Brenda Reeves Sturgis, Jo-Shin Lee (Illustrator) Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780807577073
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Published: Albert Whitman & Company - January 31st, 2017

A little girl and her parents have lost their home and must live in a homeless shelter. Even worse, due to a common shelter policy, her dad must live in a men's shelter, separated from her and her mom. Despite these circumstances, the family still finds time to be together. They meet at the park to play hide-and-seek, slide on slides, and pet puppies.


Far Apart, Close in Heart: Being a Family when a Loved One is Incarcerated By Becky Birtha, Maja Kastelic (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Becky Birtha, Maja Kastelic (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9780807512753
Published: Albert Whitman & Company - March 7th, 2017

Children can experience many emotions when a parent is in jail or prison. They may be angry, sad, lonely, or scared. Sometimes friends act differently toward them. Sometimes the children begin acting differently too. In this important book, young readers will learn that even when it feels like nothing can get better again, there are ways they can improve their circumstances.


Visiting Day By Jacqueline Woodson, James E. Ransome (Illustrator) Cover Image
$8.99
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ISBN: 9780147516084
Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - August 11th, 2015

In this moving picture book from multi-award winning author Jacqueline Woodson, a young girl and her grandmother prepare for a very special day--the one day a month they get to visit the girl's father in prison.


When Dad Was Away By Liz Weir, Karin Littlewood (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Liz Weir, Karin Littlewood (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781845079130
Published: Frances Lincoln Children's Books - February 26th, 2013

When Mum tells Milly that Dad has been sent to prison, Milly feels angry and confused. She can't believe her dad won't be at home to read her stories and make her laugh.But soon Mum takes Milly and her brother Sam to visit Dad in prison, and a week later a special package arrives at home - a cd of Milly's favourite animal stories, read especially for her by Dad.


Marvelous Maravilloso: Me and My Beautiful Family By Carrie Lara, Christine Battuz (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Carrie Lara, Christine Battuz (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781433828560
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Published: Magination Press - May 14th, 2018

Second Place Winner for Best Educational Children's Picture Book in the 2019 International Latino Book Awards
NCSS-CBC 2019 Notable Social Science Trade Book for Young People


My Two Grannies By Floella Benjamin, Margaret Chamberlain (Illustrator) Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781847800343
Published: Frances Lincoln Children's Books - August 25th, 2009

Alvina has two grannies who she loves with all her heart. Grannie Vero is from the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Grannie Rose is from the north of England. When Alvina's parents go away on holiday, both the grannies move in to Alvina's house to look after her. But the two grannies want to do different things, eat different food, play different games and tell different stories.


The Family Book By Todd Parr Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316070409
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - May 1st, 2010

Some families are big. Some families are small. All families like to hug each other! Some families eat the same things. Some families eat different things. Some families like to be quiet. Some families like to be noisy. There are lots of different ways to be a family!


Who's In My Family?: All About Our Families (Let's Talk about You and Me) By Robie H. Harris, Nadine Bernard Westcott (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780763636319
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Published: Candlewick - September 11th, 2012

Trusted New York Times best-selling author Robie H. Harris continues her series for preschoolers with a look at the many kinds of families that make up our world.


We All Sing With the Same Voice By J. Philip Miller, Paul Meisel (Illustrator), Sheppard M. Greene Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780060739003
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Published: HarperCollins - January 4th, 2005

A lyrical and joyful celebration of inclusion and respect


Who's in a Family? By Robert Skutch, Laura Nienhaus (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Robert Skutch, Laura Nienhaus (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9781883672669
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Published: Tricycle Press - February 1st, 1997

Family is important, but who's in a family? Why, the people who love you the most!This equal opportunity, open-minded picture book has no preconceptions about what makes a family a family. There's even equal time given to some of children's favorite animal families. With warm and inviting jewel-tone illustrations, this is a great book for that long talk with a little person on your lap.


All Families Are Special By Norma Simon, Teresa Flavin (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Norma Simon, Teresa Flavin (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9780807521755
Published: Albert Whitman & Company - January 1st, 2003

When Mrs. Mack says she will soon be a grandmother, her students realize that teachers have families just like they do! Suddenly everyone in the class wants to share information about his or her own unique family.


black is brown is tan By Arnold Adoff, Emily Arnold McCully (Illustrator) Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780064436441
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Published: HarperCollins - January 6th, 2004

Brown-skinned mama, the color of chocolate milk and pumpkin pie. White-skinned daddy, not the color of milk or snow, but light with pinks and tiny tans. And their two children, the beautiful colors of both.

For an all-American family, full of joy, warmth, and love, this is the way it is for us / this is the way we are


All Kinds of Families! By Mary Ann Hoberman, Marc Boutavant (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Mary Ann Hoberman, Marc Boutavant (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9780316146333
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - August 1st, 2009

With irresistible, rollicking rhyme, beloved picture book author Mary Ann Hoberman shows readers that families, large and small, are all around us. From celery stalks to bottle caps, buttons, and rings, the objects we group together form families, just like the ones we are a part of. And, as we grow up, our families grow, too.


The Great Big Book of Families By Mary Hoffman, Ros Asquith (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Mary Hoffman, Ros Asquith (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780803735163
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Published: Dial Books - April 14th, 2011

This fun and fascinating treasury features all kinds of families and their lives together. Each spread showcases one aspect of home life-from houses and holidays, to schools and pets, to feelings and family trees. Ros Asquith's humorous illustrations perfectly complement a charming text from the acclaimed Mary Hoffman; kids will love poring over these pages again and again.


Families By Shelley Rotner, Sheila M. Kelly Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780823435708
Published: Holiday House - January 30th, 2016

Big or small, similar or different-looking, there are all kinds of families.

Celebrate diversity with this picture book for very young children about the many faces of contemporary families. Bright photographs by National Geographic photographer Shelley Rotner capture families having fun together, enjoying all the ways they are similar and different. 


One Family By George Shannon, Blanca Gomez (Illustrator) Cover Image
By George Shannon, Blanca Gomez (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9780374300036
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - May 26th, 2015

A celebration of diverse families plus a clever 1-10 counting element in this unabridged board book edition of One Family.

Just how many things can "one" be?

One box of crayons.

One batch of cookies.

One world.

One family.