{"product_id":"families-families-families-9780553499384","title":"Families, Families, Families!","description":"No matter your size, shape, or pedigree--if you love each other, you are a family  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoms, dads, sisters, brothers -- and even Great Aunt Sue -- appear in dozens of combinations, demonstrating all kinds of nontraditional families  Silly animals are cleverly depicted in framed portraits, and offer a warm celebration of family love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom School Library Journal \u003cbr\u003ePreS-Gr 1--Imagine a house with many rooms, whose walls each have a different color or wallpaper, accenting a family portrait hanging there. On a rustic wooden wall hangs the first portrait--a large family of ducks posing beside a still pond. The next spread shows three pandas in pink vests, much like the pink oriental wallpaper behind them. Each portrait features a gently rhyming line: \"Some children live with their grandparents...\/and some live with an aunt.\/Some children have many pets...\/and some just have a plant.\" All of these appealing images demonstrate different ways of being a family. \"Some children live with their father.\/ Some children have two mothers.\/Some children are adopted.\/Some have stepsisters and--brothers.\" The cartoon-style critters contrast pleasantly with more realistic elements--a bamboo plant, a slender ceramic dog, a fat ceramic cat. Families of hippos, tigers, lions, ostriches, and whales join the other family groups in the final spread. The loud-and-clear message is that \"if you love each other, then you are a family.\" And imagine the many children who will be reassured because they have found a portrait of a family they will recognize as their own. A solid choice for most libraries.--Mary Jean Smith, formerly at Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553499384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 10.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 104\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Suzanne Lang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638775836828,"sku":"9780553499384","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a26d1501-a603-4995-8653-bbb03d273bd9.jpg?v=1603848150","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/families-families-families-9780553499384","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}