Rice and Beans (Family Snaps)
Mom and Dad have blue eyes. Mine are black. We don't look much alike, but that doesn't matter to me! Adopted children may have different skin or hair color from parents or siblings. But there's a lot more to making a family than sharing red hair and freckles!
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Wiley Blevins has written more than 70 books for children, as well as created reading programs for schools in the US and Asia. Wiley currently lives and writes in New York City.
Mattia Cerato has illustrated many books, including Sticker, Punch-out & Play!: Construction; Sticker, Punch-out & Play!: Dinosaurs; and Just Imagine & Play: On the Site. He resides in Turin, Italy.
PreS-Gr 2—These picture books highlight nontraditional families. Rice takes on the subject of adoption, focusing on a young girl who explains that she is very different than her parents: "My hair is black. My eyes are black, too. My mom and dad have red hair. And skin the color of vanilla ice cream." She comes from a place where they eat pork dumplings and "Lots and lots of rice." Now she eats brown beans and "Lots and lots of cornbread." She knows the difference between her birth mom and her forever mom, and on Saturdays she visits Mrs. Chen to learn about her birthplace, which she hopes to visit some day. In Mom's New Friend, a young boy deals with his mother's new boyfriend, Dan. Though the boy is initially reluctant, his mother insists that they all spend a Saturday on a trip in the woods, and the kid eventually learns to accept Dan. In both books, the minimal text provides just enough information to convey the theme that all families, no matter how unconventional, matter, and the bright art will keep readers engaged. The upbeat illustrations of big-headed, wide-eyed, elbowless, and kneeless cartoon characters help ease children into these two common situations. VERDICT Useful assets for children coping with family issues and good additions for counseling sections.—Sandra Welzenbach, Villarreal Elementary School, San Antonio, TX
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- PublisherRed Chair Press
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1939656001
- ISBN 13 9781939656001
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorCerato Mattia
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