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A Family is a Family is a Family

by Sara O'Leary

Illustrator: Qin Leng

Ages: 6+

Published: 2016

Publisher: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

ISBN: 978-1-55498-794-8

Keywords: Diversity, Read-Aloud

When a teacher asks her class what makes their family special, the answers are all very different. Whimsical ink and digitally painted illustrations.