We Are Family Paperback – International Edition, 11 Jan. 2018

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Great to teach children about different families

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A little too many pictures maybe but still a lovely book to share about different types of families.I would like a bit more emphasis on singleParents as they tend to be the majority of the non conventional families

Love, love, love this book.Covers all family set ups however they look.... Follows a daily routine but how it can look different for everyone.

Easy to read with a good flow all the way through. Very diverse.

Lovely rhyming text about how families are always there when you need them. Illustrations are great for talking through with toddlers and lots of different families are represented for good talking points

An exploration of the love that can be found in families. This book aims to show - through a series of mini illustrations on each page - the different families that exist and the comfort they can give. Again, a mix of peoples, ages and races can be found in the illustrations here - two Dads, large families, single mothers, ethnically diverse.There’s a theme here though - each family is shown on each page in a small vignette - with a different activity, spelled out in the text. So in the first spread, the families are seen in different weathers - from playing in a paddling pool to braving the storm. The next page is the families eating - be it in front of the television, or flipping a pancake together, or sitting round a dining table.Other pages lay out modes of travel, feeling ill, leisure pursuits, and - the page in which things go wrong: One family suffers a flood, another a lost dog, another a broken arm. It’s both slightly humorous and rather compelling. Of course the message is that together we are stronger - in our family units we can overcome.If you can get over the rather saccharine text, this is a touching little book, and the many many illustrations will entertain for a long time, and provide first steps in visual literacy - spotting narrative and spotting differences between what each family does. I was sent a copy of this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. See more of my thoughts at www dot MinervaReads dot com