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39 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A gentle and attractive introduction to diversity
This beautifully illustrated children's book introduces some simple but important ideas. It's not about the family that a child will one day have; it is about the one from which the child comes. Children don't pick their families; they have to make the best of what they've got. Youngsters from non-normative families may see themselves for the first time in this book...
Published on April 28, 2000 by Harvey S. Cohen
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166 of 182 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
All Families Are Different
I would have given it more stars if it weren't for the focus on families with both a mom and a dad. Being a lesbian who is raising her 3 children without a dad present, I appreciated the one picture showing 2 moms, however, the rest of the book, instead of using the word "family", or "parents", continued to use the words "mom and dad". This was disappointing since it...
Published on January 20, 2002
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166 of 182 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
All Families Are Different,
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This review is from: All Families Are Different (Paperback)
I would have given it more stars if it weren't for the focus on families with both a mom and a dad. Being a lesbian who is raising her 3 children without a dad present, I appreciated the one picture showing 2 moms, however, the rest of the book, instead of using the word "family", or "parents", continued to use the words "mom and dad". This was disappointing since it seemed to exclude single parents and families like mine.
39 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A gentle and attractive introduction to diversity,
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This review is from: All Families Are Different (Paperback)
This beautifully illustrated children's book introduces some simple but important ideas. It's not about the family that a child will one day have; it is about the one from which the child comes. Children don't pick their families; they have to make the best of what they've got.Youngsters from non-normative families may see themselves for the first time in this book. Youngsters with friends from non-normative families may even learn a little sensitivity. |
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All Families Are Different by Vivien Cohen (Paperback - Feb. 2000)
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