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Families, families, families! / [written] by Suzanne Lang & [illustrated by] Max Lang.
"A host of animals portrays all kinds of non-traditional families"--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 0553499386
- ISBN: 9780553499384
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 19.99 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Families > Juvenile fiction. Animals > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Stories in rhyme. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | GRO JP Lang | 31681002788933 | PICTURE | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"A host of animals portrays all kinds of non-traditional families"-- - Baker & Taylor
A story presented as a series of framed portraits features whimsical animals in dozens of combinations that represent and celebrate all kinds of non-traditional families. Simultaneous eBook. - Baker & Taylor
A story presented as a series of framed portraits features animals in dozens of combinations that represent and celebrate all kinds of non-traditional families. - Random House, Inc.
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 1âImagine 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 portraitâa 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 andâbrothers." The cartoon-style critters contrast pleasantly with more realistic elementsâa 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.âMary Jean Smith, formerly at Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN
