The great big book of families

Resource Information

The work The great big book of families represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The great big book of families

Statement of responsibility

Mary Hoffman ; illustrated by Ros Asquith

Creator

• trueHoffman, Mary, 1945-

Contributor

• trueAsquith, Ros

Author

• trueHoffman, Mary, 1945-

Illustrator

• trueAsquith, Ros

Subject

• Families -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

What is a family? Once, it was said to be a father, mother, boy, girl, cat and dog living in a house with a garden. But as times have changed, families have changed too, and now there are almost as many kinds of families as colours of the rainbow - from a mum and dad or single parent to two mums or two dads, from a mixed-race family to children with different mums and dads, from families with a disabled member to those with a mum or dad in prison. Mary Hoffman takes a look through children's eyes at the wide varieties of family life: from homes, food, ways of celebrating, schools and holidays to getting around, jobs and housework, from extended families, languages and hobbies to pets and family trees - and she concludes that, for most people, their own family is the best one of all! With Ros Asquith's delightful pictures, this book takes a fresh, optimistic look at families of today

Cataloging source

SALS

Dewey number

306.85

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

preschool