The Great Big Book of Families

Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 9781847805874
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
What is a family? Once, it was said to be a father, mother, boy, girl, cat and dog living in a house with a garden. But as times have changed, families have changed too, and now there are almost as many kinds of families as colours of the rainbow - from a mum and dad or single parent to two mums or two dads, from a mixed-race family to children with different mums and dads, to families with a disabled member. Mary Hoffman takes a look through children's eyes at the wide varieties of family life: from homes, food, ways of celebrating, schools and holidays to getting around, jobs and housework, from extended families, languages and hobbies to pets and family trees - and she concludes that, for most people, their own family is the best one of all! With Ros Asquith's delightful pictures, this book takes a fresh, optimistic look at families of today.

The Great Big Book of Life

Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 1786031809
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
A glorious, diverse celebration of human life, from birth to death, by Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith. The sixth title in the Great Big Book series explores every stage of human life. From birth to starting nursery, being a teenager to becoming an adult, from work to relationships, homes and jobs, to aging illness and death. A universal but challenging topic is dealt with Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith's trademark sensitivity and humour and inclusivity.

The Great Big Book of Feelings

Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Bks
ISBN: 9781847807588
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The book opens with the question: "How are you feeling today?" And this leads on to a spread by spread presentation of a wide range of feelings, including: *Happy * Sad * Excited * Bored * Interested * Angry * Upset * Calm * Silly * Lonely * Scared * Safe *Embarrassed * Shy * Confident * Worried * Jealous * Satisfied The final spread is about Feeling Better because sharing and talking about feelings helps us to feel better. The approach and design follows The Great Big Book of Families, with lots of different children in lots of different situations, brief text captions and questions and plenty of humour to make sure the book is fun. Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith look at feelings in family life, at school and everywhere with the same warmth, wit and sensitivity that they brought to their award- winning The Great Big Book of Families.

Who's in My Family?

Author: Robie H. Harris
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763636312
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
Nellie and her little brother Gus discuss all kinds of families during a day at the zoo and dinner at home with their relatives afterwards.

Families

Author: Shelley Rotner
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0823435709
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Big or small, similar or different-looking, there are all kinds of families. Celebrate diversity with this picture book for very young children about the many faces of contemporary families. Bright photographs by National Geographic photographer Shelley Rotner capture families having fun together, enjoying all the ways they are similar and different. Some families have one parent, and some have two; some have aunts and uncles and grandparents living with them. Some have adopted children, some have children born to them. Whether they live all together or far apart, families love and care for each other. Designed to showcase the wide variety of modern families and spur discussions about young readers' own family history, this beautiful picture book is a must-have for children beginning to learn about the world and the people around them.

The Great Big Book of Friends

Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 1786033828
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
What is a friend? Can a pet be a friend? Are you friends with your brothers and sisters? What if you don't have any friends? A wonderful celebration of all kinds of friendship, from best friends to groups of friends to toys that feel like friends, this truly inclusive book is a great way to start a conversation with children about what makes a good friend. From the author and illustrator team behind The Great Big Book of Families and The Great Big Book of Feelings, this diverse celebration of friendship is perfect for both the home and the classroom.

Welcome to the Family

Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9781847804617
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Introduces different types of households and discusses families with children, adoption, foster parents, same-sex parents, and fertility treatments.

The Great Big Brain Book

Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 0711241546
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

Book Description
You're brain is absolutely amazing! They are responsible for absolutely every single thing we do. Every time we breath, or walk or talk or eat, it’s all because of our brilliant brains! When we feel happy or sad, when we drop something, when we run or draw - none of this would be possible without our fantastic brains. Find out how our brains work, how they control the rest of the body and how they change over time. From how they create our memories, to how they help us learn new things and what happens to them when we are asleep, great ready to uncover lots of fascinating facts about the brain. And don’t forget to look out for the friendly cat on every page, helping us learn all about our wonderful brains!

The Big Book of Families

Author: Catherine Anholt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781580480253
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Poems, letters, and illustrations celebrate the entire family, including grandmothers fathers, sisters, and brothers.

Reading Power, Revised & Expanded Edition

Author: Adrienne Gear
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited
ISBN: 1551389134
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Ten years ago, Reading Power was launched in an elementary school in Vancouver. It has since evolved into a recognized approach to comprehension instruction being implemented across Canada, in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, and China. This ground-breaking approach showed teachers how to help students think while they read — connect, question, visualize, infer, and transform. Since the publication of the first edition of Reading Power, Adrienne Gear has continued to reflect on and refine her ideas about metacognition, comprehension instruction, and the Reading Power strategies. This revised and expanded edition shares these new understandings, and offers teachers new ideas, new lessons, and, of course, new anchor books to support the Reading Power principles. An ideal resource for teachers familiar to this strategic approach to teaching reading, or for those looking for new ways to connect thinking with reading.