All About Families (My First Book)

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There are some nice positive comments about what families are and some useful illustrations which encourage acceptance and understanding of difference in this All About Families Book by Usborne. It was nice to see a lot of diversity in this book, All About Families by Usborne, as we a re a very small, mixed race family where parents are bilingual in different languages.

Although we were appreciative that the audience of this Usborne All About Families book are young people, it would be really nice to see words such as ‘gay’ / ‘same sex relationships’ during the parts where it explained ‘What is family? I would like to have seen more depth and detail about family life, and humour to provoke more interest or questions. Images about di fferent customs is a great way of knowing about how other religions and countries celebrate important dates.It could also support a nursery or pre-school project on family trees, or possibly even in a Reception classroom for EAL pupils. Felicity is an expert in making tricky topics friendly and accessible to young children and recently has been writing books that celebrate feelings, friendship, empathy, families, and diversity.

I personally loved the family tree and I will use it when my son is 6 or 7 to make our own family tree. Felicity has worked for Usborne for over 30 years and has written and edited hundreds of titles, from books on tractors to genetics, from Shakespeare to mental health, and plenty of sparkly unicorns.With delightful illustrations, this glorious celebration of family diversity discusses the differences that make family life so rewarding and special! Whatever size or shape, whatever background you come from, whatever language you speak, homes you live in, and occasions you celebrate. As a family, we have thoroughly enjoyed sharing this book with our son during our bedtime and weekend reads. Our son could identify which family was similar to ours and learning about people speaking different languages in families (he hadn’t heard us speak another language rather than English until then) and it aroused his interest in languages and he made efforts to learn words in my (dad’s) language. They speak various languages, eat different sorts of food, live in different kinds of homes and celebrate special occasions in a variety of ways.