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A Family Is a Family Is a Family
Part of the Who We Are series
- Subject
- Family - Parents
- Age
- 3-5 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- Groundwood Books
- Size
- 22.1 cm × 25.9 cm
- ISBN
- 9781554987948
When a teacher asks her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different, but the same in one important way ...
When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways — but the same in the one way that matters most of all.
One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One has many stepsiblings, and another has a new baby in the family.
As her classmates describe who they live with and who loves them — family of every shape, size and every kind of relation — the child realizes that as long as her family is full of caring people, it is special.
A warm and whimsical look at many types of families, written by award-winning author Sara O’Leary, with quirky and sweet illustrations by Qin Leng.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.6
Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.9
Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.6
Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.
About the creators
Sara O'LearyAuthor
SARA O'LEARY's notable picture books include A Family Is a Family Is a Family (USBBY Outstanding International Books, Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year), A Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid (TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award finalist) and A Friend Is a Friend Is a Friend in the Who We Are trilogy, illustrated by Qin Leng. Sara has won the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People in recognition of an exceptional body of work. She lives in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.
Qin LengIllustrator
QIN LENG is a highly acclaimed illustrator and author of picture books and graphic novels. Her art appears in the award-winning Who We Are trilogy by Sara O’Leary; Trèfle by Nadine Robert (Governor General’s Literary Award); Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Chieri Uegaki (Asian/ Pacific American Award for Literature, Governor General’s Literary Award finalist); and When I Found Grandma by Saumiya Balasubramaniam (Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award finalist); among others. Qin lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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What reviewers said
“Leng's drawings of domestic life are, like O'Leary's writing, winsome but never sentimental. Together they offer a straightforward, optimistic view of everyday modern life.”
“A sweet and tender tale that shows that families are composed of love regardless of how they may be configured.”
“[R]aucous and relatable.”
“The broad diversity of family constellations is refreshing . . . A-plus fabulous.”
