Who's in a Family?

by Robert Skutch

Book Overview

Family is important, but who's in a family? Why, the people who love you the most!This equal opportunity, open-minded picture book has no preconceptions about what makes a family a family. There's even equal time given to some of children's favorite animal families. With warm and inviting jewel-tone illustrations, this is a great book for that long talk with a little person on your lap. From the Trade Paperback edition.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883672139
• ISBN13: 9781883672133
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Tricycle Press
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 5.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.8" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 3 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

Customer Reviews

A Good Present

I have purchased this book for different schools my son has attended as well as for a great gift item. It portrays many different family configurations and is fun to read. The last page offers a place to paste in pictures of your own family to tell your "story".

Fantastic!

I bought this book while I was preganant and worried about how to explain where her Daddy was. I love it. Ava asks for it now, she will be 3 in December. Its all about the different kinds of families. Single mom, dad, 2 mommies, 2 daddies, step parents etc... She told me, I don't have a Daddy, not in my house, but he is my family too! I almost cried. It really helps to open up the convo about Daddy. Tonight she said, "My Daddy doesn't live here, but I have an uncle Mike" So flippin'cute. Totally helps to let her know that not every family loks the same.

builds confidence in child's own family configuration

I am a single mother in an area where this is not the norm. This book was wonderful in showing many different types of families to my three year old son. He really enjoyed the book and was especially excited to see photos of his own family in the back of the book. I put the pictures in before we read it and he felt so confident about his own family configuration afterwards. Family has been a very important topic lately as his friends have been asking why my son's family is different. The book is simple and to the point and allows for any additional comments a person might want to add. Thank you to Robert Skutch for writing such a needed book that helps instill family confidence.

Great for Non-traditional Families

We searched for months for a book for our son that showed ALL types of families. This one hit the mark. While the illustrations may not be museum quality, the message is clear and understated. We have used this in our Sunday School class and based a Sunday service on the idea that "Families Valued" are not all plain vanilla. An excellent book to validate YOUR family's configuration.