Is Your Family Like Mine?
Illustrator
Alaiyo Bradshaw
Publisher
Open Heart, Open Mind
Publication Year
1993
ISBN
9780964714502
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
In this book, a 5 year old girl named Armetha has two mothers who raise her. She begins to become curious about other families and asks all of her friends “Who is in your family?” She quickly becomes aware that all of her friends come from different families; some are nuclear while others have a step parent, single parent, or foster parent. Armetha and her friends decide that while their families are different, their common bond is love, and that is what makes a family. This is great to introduce to a group of children from different backgrounds to help them relate to one another.
Grade Level
K-3, 3-5
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Foster care; Single parent; Step parent; Gay/Lesbian; foster child; foster parents; single mother; single father; step mother; step father; lesbian; lesbian adults; lesbian parents; same-sex parents
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
multiple
LGBTQ+
lesbian females
Keywords
learning about other families; children; friends; different types of families
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Abramchik, Lois, "Is Your Family Like Mine?" (1993). Diverse Families. 367.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/367