Families: A Celebration of Diversity, Commitment, and Love
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publication Year
1990
ISBN
9780395470381
Pages
47 pages
Genre
biography
Format
picture book
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
Photographs and text depict the lives of seventeen families from around the country, some with step relationships, divorce, gay parents, foster siblings, and other diverse components. The material was originally a traveling exhibition, begun at the Children's Museum in Boston.
Grade Level
6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender & Sexuality); Adoption; Single parent; Divorce; Separation; Step parent; Biracial; Interracial; Gay/Lesbian; adopted child; adoptive parents; interracial/transracial adoption; single mother; single father; divorced parents; separate homes; co-parenting; two moms; step mother; step father; biracial child; interracial family; gay; gay adults; two fathers; lesbian; lesbian adults; two mothers
Main Character
multiple
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
multiple
LGBTQ+
gay males; lesbian females
Awards
National Association of Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA), 1990, Winner
Gay and Lesbian Themes and Topics in Selected Children's and Young Adult Books, 2009 Gay and Lesbian Parents/Alternative Families: NonFiction
Kaleidoscope, A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8, 1994
Keywords
photography; Children's Museum of Boston; photo-essay
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Jenness, Aylette, "Families: A Celebration of Diversity, Commitment, and Love" (1990). Diverse Families. 687.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/687