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Helping Kids Relate: Diversity
Stories about childhood that incorporate a diverse mix of family environments. |
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Adoff, Arnold. Black is Brown is Tan Describes in verse a family with a brown-skinned mother, white-skinned father, two children, and their various relatives. Easy Picture Book ADOFF |
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Alko, Selina I'm Your Peanut Butter Big Brother A child in an interracial family wonders what his yet-to-be-born sibling will look like. Easy Picture Book ALKO |
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Bang, Molly. In My Heart Parents describe how their child is always in their hearts, no matter where they are or what they are doing. Easy Picture Book BANG |
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Benjamin, Floella. My Two Grandads Aston's grandad Harry plays the trumpet in a brass band, while Grandad Roy plays the steel drum in a steel band. But only one band can play at Aston's summer fair at school ... Which band should Aston choose? Or can he find a way to bring everyone together? Easy Picture Book |
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Bradman, Tony. Through My Window Jo spends a quiet day in the care of her stay-at-home father, waiting for Mom to return with a promised surprise. All day long Jo looks out the window waiting for Mom, and in the meantime she sees all her friends from the neighborhood -- there goes the mailman, and there's the window cleaner, and Mrs. Ali from next door. But when will Mom be back with her surprise? This classic children's story sensitively portrays an ethnically diverse family and community. Easy Picture Book BRADMAN |
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Brannen, Sarah S Uncle Bobby's Wedding Chloe is jealous and sad when her favorite uncle announces that he will be getting married, but as she gets to know Jamie better and becomes involved in planning the wedding, she discovers that she will always be special to Uncle Bobby--and to Uncle Jamie, too. Children's Fiction Book BRANNEN |
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Edmonds, Lyra An African Princess Lyra and her parents go to the Caribbean to visit Taunte May, who reminds her that her family tree is full of princesses from Africa and around the world. Easy Picture Book EDMONDS |
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Fierstein, Harvey The Sissy Duckling Elmer the duck is teased because he is different, but he proves himself by not only surviving the winter, but also saving his Papa. Easy Picture Book FIERSTEIN |
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Garden, Nancy Molly's Family While preparing decorations for Open School Night, Molly and several of her classmates draw pictures of their families and discover that family means something different to each of them. Children's Fiction Book GARDEN |
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Graham, Bob Oscar's Half Birthday To celebrate his half birthday, Oscar, his parents, and his sister go out for a picnic. Easy Picture Book GRAHAM |
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Grimes, Nikki Oh Brother! Xavier is unhappy when his mother remarries and he suddenly has a new stepbrother, as well as a stepfather, in his home. Children's Fiction Book GRIMES |
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Haan, Linda de King & King & Family King Lee and King Bertie take a honeymoon trip to the jungle and bring home a surprise. Children's Fiction Book HAAN |
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Harris, Robie H. Who's in My Family? : All About Our Families Nellie and her little brother Gus discuss all kinds of families during a day at the zoo and dinner at home with their relatives afterwards. Easy Picture Book |
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Hausherr, Rosmarie. Celebrating Families Presents brief descriptions of many different kinds of families, both traditional and non-traditional. Easy Nonfiction Book HQ536.H356 1997 |
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Hoffman, Mary The Great Big Book of Families Features illustrations and descriptions of different types of families and how their lives are similar and different. Easy Nonfiction Book |
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Hovland, Henrik John Jensen Feels Different John Jensen, a crocodile, cannot quite understand why he feels so different from everyone else, but a kindly doctor reassures him that no one is exactly the same as anyone else. Easy Picture Book |
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Jukes, Mavis You're a Bear A young girl pretends she is a bear roaming through the night. Easy Picture Book JUKES |
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Juster, Norton The Hello Goodbye Window The kitchen window at Nanna and Poppy's house is, for one little girl, a magic gateway. Everything important happens near it, or beyond it. A love song devoted to that special relationship between grandparents and grandchild. Easy Picture Book JUSTER |
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Parr, Todd The Family Book Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what. Easy Picture Book PARR |
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Polacco, Patricia In Our Mothers' House Three young children experience the joys and challenges of being raised by two mothers. Children's Fiction Book POLACCO |
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