Books in this category include stories about kinds of families and activities that families do, such as celebrating holidays, adopting children and communicating across generations.
How My Family Came to Be - Daddy, Papa and Me Andrew R. Aldrich (Author), Mike Motz (Illustrator) Features a young African-American boy who tells the story of how he was adopted by his two gay fathers when his birth mother became too sick to care for him. He describes his life with his parents, his grandmother, his friends, his teacher, and all the other people who love him and make his life special.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 2]
How My Parents Learned to Eat Ina R. Friedman (Author), Allen Say (Illustrator) A child tells how her American father learned to eat with chopsticks and her Japanese mother learned to eat with a knife and fork. [Grade Level: K - 3]
The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes (Author), Louis Slobodkin (Illustrator) A young girl learns the realities of prejudice and classism while her classmates learn that hurting others is not ultimately satisfying. [Grade Level: K - 3]
I Can Do It! Sarah Albee (Author), Sesame Street Staff (Author), Larry DiFiori (Illustrator) The Sesame Street characters are beginning to do things on their own. There are some things that they have not yet learned to do, but accomplish these things with the help of their friends. [Grade Level: Pre-K - 2]
