Photographs and simple text engage young readers in this important book. A necessary resource on the diversity of families for early childhood classrooms.

This book talks about all kinds of families from a traditional family with a mom and dad, adoption to single parenting and having two moms and two dads. It talks about ways families are different and are the same and all important. ( )

This book shows many different examples of families.

This book is all about diverse families, with real life photos. Large font and few words per page, makes this an easy book for whole group reading. It talks about how different families can be, like the size of the household and number of parents/caretakers. This book is a great way to get kids talking about their own families. ( )

There are several reasons I liked this book about family. The first reason is because of the illustrations. Every single illustration in this book was photography. I liked this because the readers can see what families look like, and that families that have two dads for example, do exist in our society. The second thing I liked about this book was the simplicity of the language. "Some families have children born to them. Some adopt." Through this style readers are able to get a understanding of an idea like adoption, with little words. Again, the photography enhances the text, and shows the readers a family who has not adopted versus a family who has adopted. Lastly I enjoyed the nonfiction aspect of the book. It was very accurate to todays world. "Some children have one parent. Some have two --a mom and a dad, or two moms and two dads." I think that this book pushes readers to think about different types of families, and broadens their perspective while doing so. In conclusion, I think that the 'big idea' of this book is to teach children that there is no definition of who or what makes up a family. There are different kinds of families, and all of them have love for each other. ( )