All Families Are Special

by Norma Simon

Book Overview

Winner of a Parent's Guide Children's Media Award

No two families are the same, but every family is special.

When Mrs. Mack says she will soon be a grandmother, her students realize that teachers have families just like they do! Suddenly everyone in the class wants to share information about his or her own unique family. Sarah tells of flying to China with her parents where they adopted her sister, Rachel. Christopher tells...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807521752
• ISBN13: 9780807521755
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 11.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Families Are Special

I enjoyed this book and like the illustrations by Teresa Flavin's families. This is a book that show ALL kinds of families, and this is a book that the parent should review to see if it works with your family. The book starts out in a classroom with the teacher announcing she's going to be a grandma. "Everyone is part of a family, would you like to talk about your families?" Families are made all sorts of ways, by adoption, having your grandparents live with you, single parents, two mommies, going to live at your grandparents home, family members how live in other countries, families include your pets, cousins, aunts, uncles and step-parents. I think the author Morma Simon said it best on the "About this book page": Here's what she said: " We remain linked to our families and to our family memories, throughout our lives. That's because of the powerful bonds formed in family life. Kinship plays a significant role in shaping the personality and self-image of every child in a family. The strenghts children develop and successes they experience within their families shape the strenghts and expectations of success they carry with them as they grow up and move out into the world. The family environment influences how children thrive and mature; eventually it influences their ability to form happy families of their own. We know that nobody lives a perfect life. Family life includes times of tension and hardship as well as times of great joy. It is up to adult family members to create a climate of love, security and optimism that will help children weather stormy times and find life's most positive values and experience. The typical family picture of fifty years ago has undergone many changes. Today's children live in two-parent families, single-parent families, adoptive families, foster families, divorced families, and blended families. This books invites children to describe their own family group, and through thee discussions, to realize and appreciate all the ways their families are special, very special.

great

arrived on time in mint condition. perfect for the family unit at school for preschoolers.