FamilyPortraits:picturebooksthatfeatureallkindsoffamilies
Dr. Linda Gann University of North Carolina – Greensboro, NC Karen Perry Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA
Objec&veTo share picture books from the last three years about diverse families & family situations
Familiesinclude« variousethnicgroups« tradi4onalfamilies« samesexparents« singleparentsor
extendedfamilygroups
Situa4onsinclude« mainstreamUSandother
cultures« Immigrantexperiences« Familiesincrisisandgoing
throughchanges
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WhyfocusonFamilies?
IWonder:Celebra4ngDaddiesDoin’WorkbyDoyinRichards
IWonder:Celebra4ngDaddiesDoin’WorkbyDoyinRichards
MyFamilyTreeandMe,MyFather’sSide/
MyFamilyTreeandMe,MyMother’sSidebyDusanPetricic
TheCaseforLoving:TheFightforInterracialMarriage
bySelinaAlko,illustratedbySeanQuallsandSelinaAlko
TheStormbyAkikoMiyakoshi
Real Sisters Pretend ( adoption)
RealSistersPretendbyMeganDowdLambert,illus.byNicoleTagdell
My New Mom and Me
Mango, Abuela, and Me
ThunderBoyJr.byShermanAlexie,illus.byYuyiMorales.
Miracleon133rdStreetbySoniaManzano,illus.byMarjoriePriceman
Shanghai Sukkah by Heidi Smith Hyde, illustrated by Jing Jing Tsong.
TwoWhiteRabbitsByJairoBuitragoandRafaelYockteng
Sona and the Wedding
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FamilyPortraits:picturebooksthatfeatureallkindsoffamilies
Dr. Linda Gann University of North Carolina – Greensboro, NC Karen Perry Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA