Families come in all shapes and sizes and this book takes a look at different kinds of families and how they live using clear illustrations and simple text. The book explores different kinds of families such as single parent families, same sex families or families with adopted or fostered children.

This fun and fascinating treasury features all kinds of families and their lives together. What is a family? Once, it was said to be a father, mother, boy, girl, cat and dog living in a house with a garden. But as times have changed, families have changed too, and now there are almost as many kinds of families as colours of the rainbow - from a mum and dad or single parent to two mums or two dads, from a mixed-race family to children with different mums and dads, from families with a disabled member to those with a mum or dad in prison.

In this book, Mary Hoffman takes a look through children's eyes at the wide varieties of family life: from homes, food, ways of celebrating, schools and holidays to getting around, jobs and housework, from extended families, languages and hobbies to pets and family trees - and she concludes that, for most people, their own family is the best one of all! With Ros Asquith's delightful pictures, this book takes a fresh, optimistic look at families of today.

More Details about The Great Big Book of Families - book

Product code: FL5104

Paperback book.

Age: 4-7

Key Stage: KS1, KS2

Subject/Theme: PHSE, Citizenship, English