Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems (Reading Rainbow Book) - Softcover

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316362514 ISBN 13: 9780316362511

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2001

Synopsis

What is a family?
Who is a family?
Either a lot or a few is a family;
But whether there's ten or there's two in your family,
All of your family plus you is a family!

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Children's Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman is the author of more than thirty-five books for children, including the critically acclaimed A House Is a House for Me, which won a National Book Award, the New York Times bestselling You Read to Me, I'll Read to You, and the Sing-Along Stories series.

Marylin Hafner has illustrated hundreds of children's books, including Hanukkah!, Passover Magic, and Purim Play by Roni Schotter .

Review:

"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" - The Bulletin"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

Praise for Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: "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" - The Bulletin
"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

Praise for Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers "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" - The Bulletin

"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

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0316362514
• ISBN 13: 9780316362511
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Hafner Marylin