Children’s Books about Family
Want to show your child the importance and diversity in different families? Check out these children’s books about family, perfect for toddlers through big kids!
Talking about families to kids can be both simple and complex, don’t you think? A family can mean parents and children, but they can also include a wider web of relatives and extended family (I grew up with 27 cousins just on my mom’s side!). A child’s family can be his grandmother or an older sister as a guardian.
All families are different. Kids can look nothing like their parents or their family looks nothing like their friends’ family structures. Family might even be people we have no biological or legal ties with, but a community we belong to, from teachers and classmates to family friends.
No matter what your family looks like, one thing is certain: families offer kids the stability, belonging, and love that they need.
Creating a family bond is one of the most important things you can do for your child. You can do this in several ways, like:
- spending regular time together during meals
- asking conversation starters for kids
- organizing or attending family reunions
- creating or passing down family traditions
- looking through photo albums
- creating a family tree
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Children’s books about family
And of course, you can also read children’s books about family. Books show your child the family diversity she may not be exposed to, from who makes up a family to what they do as regular traditions. She learns how much she’s loved and valued and why family relationships are important.
And she can begin to see that she’s far from being alone. She’s part of a community or group of people who love her—whether her family is one grandmother or 27 cousins. Take a look at these amazing children’s books about family to inspire your child:
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Children’s books about belonging to a family
Families Belong by Dan Saks and Brooke Smart
Ohana Means Family by Ilima Loomis and Kenard Pak
Our Class Is a Family by Shannon Olsen and Sandie Sonke
Little Elliott Big Family by Mike Curato
Me and My Family Tree by Joan Sweeney and Annette Cable
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant and Stephen Gammell
Who’s In My Family? by Robie H. Harris and Nadine Bernard Westcott
Children’s books with different kinds of families
Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
The Great Big Book of Families by Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith
Families by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly
Families, Families, Families! by Suzanne Lang and Max Lang
A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O’Leary and Qin Leng
One Family by George Shannon and Blanca Gomez
Children’s books with grandparents
Where Three Oceans Meet by Rajani LaRocca and Archana Sreenivasan
Gus & Me by Keith Richards and Theodora Richards
All the Way to America by Dan Yaccarino
Sometimes It’s Grandmas and Grandpas: Not Mommies and Daddies by Gayle Byrne and Mary Haverfield
Pop Pop and Me and a Recipe by Irene Smalls and Cathy Ann Johnson
Between Us and Abuela by Mitali Perkins
Children’s books about adoption
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
Every Year on Your Birthday by Rose A. Lewis and Jane Dyer
Children’s books about same-sex parents
And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer and Holly Clifton-Brown
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman and Laura Cornell
Daddy, Papa, and Me by Leslea Newman
A Tale of Two Daddies by Vanita Oelschlager
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