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OTHER MATERIALS ABOUT FAMILIES: BOOKS

Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J306.85 ALL	Fuller, Rachel	All Kinds of Families: A Lift-the-Flap Book Explores all different kinds of families with fun flaps, wheels, and other paper mechanics.	2010
J306.85 CANET	Canetti, Yanitzia	When Times are Tough When times are tough families have to make sacrifices, but they can still find ways to have fun together.	2009
J306.85 GORDO	Gordon, Sol	All Families Are Different	2000
J306.85	Hausherr, Rosmarie	Celebrating Families Presents brief descriptions of many different kinds of families, both traditional and non-traditional.	1997
J306.85 HIGGI	Higgins, Melissa	We All Have Different Families Simple text and full-color photos celebrate different kinds of families--Provided by publisher.	2012
J306.85 HOFFM	Hoffman, Mary	The Great Big Book of Families Explores the ways in which families can differ from one another.	2010
J306.85 KALMA	Kalman, Bobbie	This Is My Family This simple text discusses what different types of families look like.	2010
J306.85	Kuklin, Susan	Families Children from diverse families share thoughts about their families and photographs.	2006
J306.85	Morris, Ann	Families A simple explanation of families, how they function, how they are different, and how they are alike.	2000
J306.85	Skutch, Robert	Who’s in a Family?	1995
J306.85 TAKAS, 2005	Takas, Marianne	Relatives Raising Children : A Guide to Finding Help and Hope Information for those raising a member of their extended family, such as getting along with the child's parents, working with the child's school, and navigating the legal system.	2005
J306.8745 AJMER	Ajmera, Maya	Our Grandparents: A Global Album A book celebrating the relationships between grandparents and grandchildren around the world.	2010
J331.137 LYNET	Lynette, Rachel	What to Do When Your Parent Is Out of Work A guide to unemployment, what it is, what it may mean for your family, and how you can help.	2010
J332.024 LYNET	Lynette, Rachel	Let's Work It Out: What to Do When Your Family Has to Cut Costs Cutting costs does not have to be a bad thing and it doesn't mean cutting out every desire. In this book you'll learn about prioritizing needs over wants and ways to be cost-conscious and frugal. You'll also learn that sacrificing some material desires ca	2010
J332.024 LYNET	Lynette, Rachel	What to Do When Your Family Is in Debt A guide to debt, what it is, what it may mean for your family, and how you can help.	2010
J362.7 YAFFE	Yaffe, Rebecca M.	When a Parent Goes to Jail	2000
J362.70869 LYNET	Lynette, Rachel	What to Do When Your Family Is on Welfare More families than ever find themselves faced with the necessity of going on welfare in order to feed, clothe, and provide for their families. This book explains what welfare is; explores some of the stresses, feelings, and fallout involved in starting an	2010
J362.733 NELSO	Nelson, Julie	Families Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights Straightforward words and full-colour illustrations offer hope and support for children facing or experiencing change. Includes resources and information for birth parents, foster parents, social workers, counsellors, and teachers.	2007
J362.895 BENDE	Bender, Janet M.	My Daddy Is in Jail	2008
J812.6 GOURL	Gourley, Catherine	Family Matters: Plays About Family Changes Resentment and compassion link these two reader's theater-style plays that help teach young people how to deal with real situations. Both deal with traumatic changes within a family-a separation between the two most important people in a child's life and	2010
J BOARDBK GROSS	Grossman, Rena D.	Families	2009
JE BRISS	Brisson, Pat	Mama Loves Me From Away	2004
JE BYRNE	Byrne, Gayle	Sometimes It's Grandmas and Grandpas, Not Mommies and Daddies A young girl who lives with her grandparents experiences warmth, love, and closeness, even when she wonders why her parents are not raising her.	2009
JE CHENG	Cheng, Andrea	The Lemon Sisters	2006
JE CLAY	Clay, George Anne	Why Don't I Have a Daddy? : A Story of Donor Conception As the little lion cub notices all different types of families, he starts to question his own family. His family consists of his mother and him. The little cub learns that while ther is no "daddy" in his family, there is a donor lion who made his life possible. Through his mother's love and nurturing, the lion cub understands how special he and his family are. This book presents the basic facts of anonymous donor conception in a simple by loving manner. 4 yrs +	2008
JE CORAN	Coran, Pierre	Family Tree	1999
JE CORNI	Corning, Meg	Nick's Story : How One Family Proved that Miracles Can Happen Tells the story of how a little boy was born to a surrogate mother.	2008
JE CROW	Crow, Kristyn	The Middle-Child Blues A clever, bluesy riff on middle-kid angstLee has the low-down, big-frown, sulkin’-all-aroundtown blues. His older brother gets all the big-kid privileges, and no one expects his little sister to do anything but be cute. And sometimes his family even leave	2009
JE CURTI	Curtis, Marci	Big Brother, Little Brother	2004
JE CURTI	Curtis, Marci	Big Sister, Little Sister	2000
JE FOXLE	Fox-Lee, Kyme	What Are Parents?	2004
JE HARTT	Hartt-Sussman, Heather	Nana's Getting Married	2010
JE HICKM	Hickman, Martha Whitmore	Robert Lives with His Grandparents	1995
JE HOBER	Hoberman, Mary Ann	All Kinds of Families! Families, families all kinds of families, Families are people and animals, too. But all sorts of other things fit into families. Look all around and you'll see that they do! With rollicking rhyme, beloved children's book author Mary Ann Hoberman shows rea	2009
JE HUNT	Hunt, Nan	Families Are Funny	1992
JE KROLL	Kroll, Virginia	Beginnings: How Families Come to Be	1994
JE LEMAN	Leman, Kevin	My Firstborn, There's No One Like You Mama Bear explains to her firstborn what makes her special.	2004
JE LEMAN	Leman, Kevin	My Middle Child, There's No One Like You Mama Bear explains to her middle child what makes her special.	2005
JE LEMAN	Leman, Kevin	My Youngest, There's No One Like You Mama Bear explains to her youngest child what makes him special.	2005
JE MAYER	Mayer, Mercer	Little Critter: Just a Storybook Collection Join Little Critter in several adventures with his family. Includes the following stories: Bye, bye Mom and Dad -- Good for me and you -- Just a school project -- Just a snowman -- Just big enough -- My trip to the hospital.	2012
JE MILLE	Miller, Jenifer Ingerman	A Family Has In It the People You Love	2008
JE MOORE	Moore-Mallinos, Jennifer	Mom Works Too!	2008
JE NIELS	Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin	Mormor Moves In Astrid has trouble adjusting when her grandmother moves into her home.	2004
JE ONYEF	Onyefulu, Ifeoma	Grandma Comes to Stay A young girl, who lives in Ghana, is excited because her Grandma is coming for a visit.	2009
JE PARR	Parr, Todd	The Family Book	2003
JE SHETH	Sheth, Kashmira	My Dadima Wears a Sari	2007
JE THIES	Thiesing, Lisa	Me & You: A Mother-Daughter Album	1998
JE VOAKE	Voake, Charlotte	Hello Twins Even though they're twins, Simon and Charlotte are very different from one another.	2006
JER SCHUL	Schulte, Mary	Who Do I Look Like? A young girl wonders which family member she looks like.	2006
S JE RAMOS	Ramos, Jorge	I'm Just Like My Mom = Me Parezco Tanto A Mi Mamá / I'm Just Like My Dad = Me Parezco Tanto A Mi Papá	2008

OTHER MATERIALS ABOUT FAMILIES: DVDs

Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	TITLE	DATE
DVD J782.4 BARNE	Barney: We Love Our Family	2009
DVD JE CELEB	Celebrate Family!	2009

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This list was created and is maintained by Children's Services Librarians.
General comments and suggestions can be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.info, or to Mary R. Voors, Manager, Children's Services at mvoors@acpl.info.