{"product_id":"families-families-families-by-suzanne-lang","title":"Families, Families, Families! by Suzanne Lang","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo matter your size, shape, or pedigree--if you love each other, you are a family!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoms, dads, sisters, brothers — and even Great Aunt Sue — appear in dozens of combinations, demonstrating all kinds of nontraditional families! Silly animals are cleverly depicted in framed portraits, and offer a warm celebration of family love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom School Library Journal\u003cbr\u003ePreS-Gr 1—Imagine a house with many rooms, whose walls each have a different color or wallpaper, accenting a family portrait hanging there. On a rustic wooden wall hangs the first portrait—a large family of ducks posing beside a still pond. The next spread shows three pandas in pink vests, much like the pink oriental wallpaper behind them. Each portrait features a gently rhyming line: \"Some children live with their grandparents…\/and some live with an aunt.\/Some children have many pets…\/and some just have a plant.\" All of these appealing images demonstrate different ways of being a family. \"Some children live with their father.\/ Some children have two mothers.\/Some children are adopted.\/Some have stepsisters and—brothers.\" The cartoon-style critters contrast pleasantly with more realistic elements—a bamboo plant, a slender ceramic dog, a fat ceramic cat. Families of hippos, tigers, lions, ostriches, and whales join the other family groups in the final spread. The loud-and-clear message is that \"if you love each other, then you are a family.\" And imagine the many children who will be reassured because they have found a portrait of a family they will recognize as their own. A solid choice for most libraries.—Mary Jean Smith, formerly at Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White Rose Books \u0026 More","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51150367785248,"sku":"9780553499384","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780553499384.jpg?v=1769236759","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/families-families-families-by-suzanne-lang","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}