Family

 

Picture Books

1.       All Families Are Special   by Norma Simon

2.       In Our Mothers' House  by Patricia Polacco

3.       Milly, Molly And Different Dads by Gill Pittar

4.       Keesha & Her Two Moms Go Swimming by Monica Bey-Clarke

5.       Adopting Ahava  by David Gilmour

6.       Christian, the Hugging Lion by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell.  

7.       Pecan Pie Baby by Jacqueline Woodson (new baby)

8.       Donovan's Big Day by Lesléa Newman  (two moms)

9.       Dear Child. John Farrell, (Pre-K – K) (3difreant families)

10.   The Family Book. Todd Parr. (Pre-K – K)  (All family types)

11.   The Great Big Book of Families. Mary Hoffman. (Pre-K  – 3) (All family types)

12.   Hairs / Pelitos. Sandra Cisneros. (Pre-K – 1)

13.   Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me. Daniel Beaty. (K – 2) (Absent parents love)

14.   Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/ Marisol McDonald No Combina. Monica Brown. (Pre-K – 2) (Biracial/ bilingual)

15.   A Tale of Two Daddies. Vanita Oelschlager. (Pre-K – 1)

16.   Uncle Bobby’s Wedding. Sarah S. Brannen. (Pre-K – 2)

17.   ABC A Family Alphabet Book by Bobbie Combs

18.   Families by Marylin Hafner

19.   Saturday Is Pattyday by Leslea Newman

20.   Is Your Family Like Mine by Lois Abramchik

21.   Best Best Colors: Los mejores colores (Anti-Bias)  by Eric Hoffman

22.   And Tango Makes Three written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

 

 

Chapter Books

23.   The Year of Billy Miller. Kevin Henkes.

24.   Star in the Forest. Laura Resau.

25.   My Louisiana Sky. Kimberly Willis Holt.

26.   The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher. Dana Alison Levy

27.   Inside Out and Back Again. Thanhha Lai.

28.   How Tia Lola Came to [Visit] Stay. Julia Alvarez.

29.   The Great Wall of Lucy Wu. Wendy Wan Long Shang.

30.   Families. Susan Kuklin.

31.   Dancing Home / Nacer bailando. Alma Flor Ada.

32.   Also Known as Elvis. James Howe.

33.   Almost Home. Joan Bauer.  

34.   Brown Girl Dreaming. Jacqueline Woodson.  (Halfway home)

35.   Rainbow Family Collections: Selecting and Using Children's Books with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Content by Jamie Campbell Naidoo (This book is a reference book of good books to read to children under the age of 12)