(Toddler–K)Ī host of silly animals represent all kinds of families. Includes adoptive families, stepfamilies, single-parent families, two-mom and two-dad families, and families with a mom and a dad.įamilies, Families, Families! by Suzanne and Max Lang. This charming novel celebrates all kinds of families in a funny and reassuring way.
This book of photos offers children an inclusive look at families, so they can see beyond their own experiences and begin to understand others. Picture Books Featuring All Kinds of Familiesįamilies by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Recommended for directors, teachers, providers, and parents. Find information and strategies to create an early childhood setting that is welcoming for all children and families. This will be a boon to adults seeking literary support in addressing the topic, and there's plenty of room for readers-aloud to spin the pattern off into their own particular favorite family elements.This resource is part of a series developed to support programs in partnering with parents/ guardians who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender ( LGBT). Parr's trademark vigorous graphics, unshaded black-lined colors in a rainbow of hues on every page, unthreateningly support the text, offering a variety of families with parents single and partnered, couples same sex, complementary sex, and unascertainable sex, while the multiplicity of colors-including blue and purple-in the faces ensures inclusivity. Though the text is a little sing-songy in its repetition, the basic nature of the stated needs brings them closer to the truth of the relationship than in many books about adoption, and they're concrete enough to be understandable to young children. you needed a home/ and I had one to share." So begins this simple paean to adopted families, which goes from modest explanation ("You needed someone to kiss your boo-boos/ and we had kisses to give") to celebration ("Now we can all hold hands").
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