Families can

Dan Saks, 1978-

Book - 2021

This board book is for families: families who cook together and families who sing together, families with lots of members and families with a special few, families who live together and families who live separately--for all families. Celebrate the differences that make each family unique and the similarities and love that connect us all together.

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Subjects
Genres
Stories in rhyme
Picture books
Board books
Published
New York : Rise x Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC [2021]
Language
English
Main Author
Dan Saks, 1978- (author)
Other Authors
Brooke Smart, 1985- (illustrator)
Item Description
Cover title.
On board pages.
"Find the songs that inspired these books and more on the hit podcast: Noodle Loaf"--Back cover.
Physical Description
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 17 x 17 cm
Audience
Ages 1-3.
ISBN
9780593223659
Contents unavailable.
Review by Kirkus Book Review

A celebration of the myriad permutations of the all-American family. The book is similar in tone, design, and message to Saks and Smart's earlier Families Belong (2020). The many families shown combine to represent a range of racial, ethnic, and gender configurations. The accompanying rhyming verses recognize each family's circumstances, interests, and activities as unique strengths--neither right nor wrong, just different. In one family, the father lying on the floor to play a board game wears a turban. In another, the blond-bearded man has a pale complexion, the woman is dark-skinned with straight black hair, and the child looks like the woman. The accompanying text reads: "A family can look / The same or maybe not. / Dad's from somewhere cold. / Mom's from somewhere hot." Another verse hints at a family's refugee status: "Some families were born / In places far away / And traveled all together / To where it's safe to play." Single, same-gender, and separated or divorced parents are depicted as well as a multigenerational family. Children familiar with the Noodle Loaf podcast version of the song may be initially confused by the added verses and minor word changes, but the new verses fit the original song's cadence. Playful, clear, uncluttered graphic illustrations match the text while adding details not mentioned in the verses. "Your family's a story / That's unique and true. // A family is beautiful, / As beautiful as you." Can't argue with that! (Board book. 1-3) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.