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Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers/A Collection of Family Poems. Little, Brown & Co., 1991. Illustrated by Marilyn Hafner. There is something for everyone in this celebration of families - poems about families of all sizes and configurations, about brothers and sisters, adoptees and stepsiblings, parents and grandparents, even a special ode to the only child. Both poems and Hafner's warm expressive illustrations convey the sense of what makes family life at once so wonderful and so unpredictable. Told from a child's point of view, the poems are perfect for reading alone or in the classroom and for family story times as well. |
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"Thirty wise, witty, neatly constructed poems…Full of insight and lots of fun." Kirkus "This humorous collection of poems is a real treasure." Children's Literature "The emphasis here is on diverse situations, and young listeners from nuclear, extended, fractured, foster, and adoptive families will all find a place in these poems and pictures" Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Pleasant poems for and about everyone in the family; verses are happy, bouncy, poignant, and sometimes serious. A multicultural smorgasbord - nicely written and appealingly illustrated." Horn Book A Reading Rainbow Review Book |
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