Families

Families

Meredith Tax

Illustrator

Marylin Hafner

Publisher

The Feminist Press

Publication Year

1996

ISBN

9781558611573

Pages

32 pages

Genre

realism

Format

picture book

Item Type

Fiction

Annotation

Realities such as divorce, stepfamilies, adoption, single parenting, and gay and lesbian parenting are explored through the curious, affectionate, and nonjudgemental eyes of six-year-old Angie as she introduces readers to her multicultural groups of friends, who are loved and cared for within many different types of families.

Grade Level

PK-1

Diversity Topics

Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Adoption; Divorce; Single parent; Step parent; Gay/Lesbian; adopted child; single mother; single father; step mother; same-sex parents

Main Character

female child

Race/Ethnicities

multiple

Family Formation

multiple

LGBTQ+

gay males; lesbian females

Awards

The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection

Keywords

families; friendship; unique families; perspective; lion

Diversity Impact

direct

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