Book Descriptions
for Families by Aylette Jenness
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Seventeen young people each briefly comment upon the composition of their families in a photo-essay which originated as an interactive exhibition at the Children's Museum in Boston. One strength of this unique book rests in its organizational pattern, in that no one type of family unit is presented as standard, or correct, or "other." Blended, adoptive, mixed-racial, biracial, two parent, one parent, gay and lesbian, collective and extended families from diverse racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds are pictured. Child-expressed definitions of "family" and a list of books for further reading are additional features of an important book. (Ages 5-12)
CCBC Choices 1990 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1990. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
The concept of the family and similarities and differences between families are explored in 17 personal stories, each telling something important that both the parents and children have learned. "An accessible, attractive work with broad appeal".--School Library Journal. Black-and-white photos.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.