local_shipping   Free Standard Shipping on all orders $25+ and use Coupon Code SummerReading for an additional 20% off!

  • Families Grow

Families Grow

Author
Dan Saks
Illustrator
Brooke Smart
Publication Date
August 17, 2021
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
Families Grow
Description
A rhyming, light-hearted celebration of the different ways a family can grow. A wish began your journeyAnd now that you are hereOur family has grown with loveWith love for you, my dear. This warm appreciation of love invites the youngest readers to share in the joy and excitement of expecting families. The lyrical, rhyming text subtly references pregnancy, surrogacy, and adoption, gently touching on the different ways a family can grow. The book's celebratory yet comforting tone incites both appreciation and understanding, leaving readers with a lasting message of unconditional familial love. Includes a simple glossary at the end.
Publication date
August 17, 2021
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593223673
Lexile Measure
590
Publisher
Rise X Penguin Workshop
BISAC categories
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV039220 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues
JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Stories in rhyme
Families
Family life
Board books

School Library Journal

Starred Review

Toddler-PreS--Lyrical, rhyming text depicts various ways families grow in this inclusive board book. Pregnancy, adoption, and surrogacy are all gently alluded to in the text. "The belly might belong to Mom, but also it may not./ Sometimes another special belly is the perfect spot." The end papers include a glossary of terms associated with families such as pregnancy and womb, but it also includes lesser-known terms such as "Forever Parent(s), the person (or people) who decide to love and care for a child and be that child's forever family." A wonderful addition to library shelves everywhere.

Copyright 2021 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Dan Saks
Dan Saks is a musician and music educator specializing in early childhood education. He has lived and taught in New York City, Mexico City, and Switzerland, and has traveled the world as a performing musician. He currently lives with his wife and two daughters in Brooklyn, New York, where he produces Noodle Loaf, a popular music education podcast for kids. A Top 10 Apple Podcast in Music Education for Kids and a 2020 Webby Honoree, Noodle Loaf brings families together to learn music fundamentals through play, laughter, and lots of fun.

Brooke Smart is an illustrator based in Sandy, Utah, where she spends her days gathering ideas for stories and her nights telling those stories with her pen and paintbrush, inspired by her daughter, the wildest and most creative three-year-old in the world. She earned a BFA in Illustration from Brigham Young University in 2007.

Brooke recently won an honorable mention in the 2016 SCBWI Portfolio Showcase in New York City.
More books like this