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Who's In My Family?: All About Our Families
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.
Join Nellie and Gus and their family — plus all manner of other families — for a day at the zoo, where they see animal families galore! To top off their day, Nellie and Gus invite friends and relatives for a fun d...more
Join Nellie and Gus and their family — plus all manner of other families — for a day at the zoo, where they see animal families galore! To top off their day, Nellie and Gus invite friends and relatives for a fun d...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
September 11th 2012
by Candlewick
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"Who's In My Family?:All About Our Families by Robie H. Harris is apart of the picture book collection. Robie H. Harris has won the inaugural Mills Tannenbaum Award. The age recommended for this book is young children 3 to 7 years old, Infancy (I) into Primary (P) ages.
The story is about all types of families, what they eat, what they do and who and how many people are apart of their family. It talks about some families being the same and some being different. Whether it's children living with...more
The story is about all types of families, what they eat, what they do and who and how many people are apart of their family. It talks about some families being the same and some being different. Whether it's children living with...more
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This upbeat book talks about the fact that, while families may be different in terms of make-up, members, cultural traditions, physical appearance, etc, families share certain characteristics. Regardless of how many kids a family has, or whether kids live with their mom and dad, or their mom part of the time or their dad part of the time, or two dads, or two moms, or relatives or foster-parents or any of the other myriad combinations, families care about each other and help each othe...more
This upbeat book talks about the fact that, while families may be different in terms of make-up, members, cultural traditions, physical appearance, etc, families share certain characteristics. Regardless of how many kids a family has, or whether kids live with their mom and dad, or their mom part of the time or their dad part of the time, or two dads, or two moms, or relatives or foster-parents or any of the other myriad combinations, families care about each other and help each othe...more
When Nellie and Gus take a trip to the zoo with their family, they realize that families come in different sizes and infinite varieties. From the different places families live to the various foods they eat for breakfast, the two children make note of the different animal families they see at the zoo as well as the different human families. Once they return home for a family dinner, they also discuss the physical characteristics of family members with some having mostly wavy or mostly straight h...more
What I liked best about this book was that it also included foster families. At my K-3 school, I know of several situations where my kids are in foster situations with and without relatives. I felt the writing was in a conversational tone and by using incomplete sentences, allowed the book to unfold more as a conversation than a didactic treatise. The illustrations are adorable - and add to the familiarity of the subject matter and the convenience of the matter of fact presentation. I also love...more
An acceesbile, cheerful, and fun look at all kinds of families. Harris is the author of some of the best books ever written (and illustrated by Ed Emberly) for children on human body development and sexuality, which are consistently challenged and censored by adults who fear children learning facts about themselves. This book, which acknowledges that there are families with two daddies and two mommies, will undoubtedly be the target of those same ignoramuses.
Appeal Characteristics Book: MULTICULTURAL. FAMILY. BOOK. ENOUGH SAID.
There isn't enough of these out there. These books always make me happy because I know so many blended/multicultural families who need books like these. Hopefully, I can make my own book of an biracial family someday!
There isn't enough of these out there. These books always make me happy because I know so many blended/multicultural families who need books like these. Hopefully, I can make my own book of an biracial family someday!
This would be a nice book to share with your children before starting school. Especially if they are not used to seeing various types of family dynamics. I know my daughter was surprised to see that some families were larger, or that some kids lived with their grandparents.
Where was this book in September? I bet PreK will still enjoy this book even if they've already studied families. Pleasing illustrations and straightforward text depict diverse families. Look for the author/ illustrator's previous book on the shelf.
I loved the different families they showed. There were the different foods they eat, the different activities, the different or similar ways they look alike. I can not tell you how much I adore this book. I want it for my personal collection!
Useful in early elementary when teaching about diversity within family structures. This can extend the student's view on what a family is or possibly ease any doubts they may have about their family's structure.
Matter-of-fact, straightforward text perked up by the conversation bubbles throughout. My favorite pages are at the zoo, where Westcott has clearly had a fun time filling the spaces with families of every variety.
I like the parallel text. I chose to read the parts that were on the higher part of the page because the eldest of my listening friends was 4.
Oct 07, 2012
Paula
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2 of 5 stars
Shelves:
behavior,
mother,
animals,
race-awareness,
parents,
city-life,
family,
repetition,
self-confidence
Talks about all kinds of family where the main characters are cartoon like and bring to life what is discussed on the page
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Robie H. Harris has written many award-winning books for children of all ages, including the definitive Family Library about sexuality: IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL, IT'S SO AMAZING!, and IT'S NOT THE STORK! She lives in Massachusetts.
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