{"id":540,"date":"2011-05-16T14:27:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T19:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/?p=540"},"modified":"2011-05-16T14:32:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T19:32:25","slug":"540","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/540\/","title":{"rendered":"The Family Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parr, Todd. The Family Book.<\/em> New York: Hatchette Book Group, 2010. First Paperback edition. $6.99. [30p.]. ISBN: 978-0-316-07040-9. <\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"The Family Book, <\/em>written by New York Times bestselling author Todd Parr, is a feel good picture book with which people, both young and old will identify. Through humor and bright, colorful illustrations Parr shares with readers the diversity amongst families in our society. They range from families \u201cbig\u201d and \u201csmall,\u201d \u201cmessy\u201d and \u201cclean\u201d and also include families with, \u201ctwo moms\u201d and \u201ctwo dads\u201d or \u201cone parent,\u201d as well as families that \u201care different colors\u201d or \u201clook alike.\u201d The book celebrates the differences in families while keeping in mind the fundamental similarities that we all share.<\/p>\n

This book will encourage thoughtful conversation and challenge children to broaden their definitions of what a family looks like. At the same time, the words and illustrations are empowering and allow children to gain confidence in whom they are, feel good about themselves, and have a sense of pride in their family. Similar to Parr\u2019s, It\u2019s Okay To Be Different,<\/em> many children will see themselves or family members depicted in a picture book for the first time through a realistic and loving lens.<\/p>\n

The Family Book <\/em>promotes print motivation and narrative skills, which are two key components to early literacy. This book would be a great addition to any public or school library collection aimed towards preschoolers.<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by, Jennifer Troy<\/strong>
\nMLIS Student
\nDrexel University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Parr, Todd. The Family Book. New York: Hatchette Book Group, 2010. First Paperback edition. $6.99. [30p.]. ISBN: 978-0-316-07040-9. The Family Book, written by New York Times bestselling author Todd Parr, is a feel good picture book with which people, both young and old will identify. Through humor and bright, colorful illustrations Parr shares with readers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}