By Mary Hoffman (author) , Ros Asquith (illustrator)
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A celebration of families and the very many different things they do and the very many different ways they do them. Some families are big, some families are small; some parents work, some parents don’t. Holidays, hobbies, school, clothes and food and the different ways that different families approach them are just some of the topics which Mary Hoffman thoughtfully explores and Ros Asquith joyfully illustrates.
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, from families with a disabled member to those with a mum or dad in prison.
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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.
Mary Hoffman has written over 100 books for children. Amazing Grace , commended for the Kate Greenaway medal, and its sequels has sold over 1.5 million copies. As well as the successful Stravaganza sequence of teenage novels, translated into over thirty languages, The Great Big Books series of information books for younger readers, illustrated by Ros Asquith has done very well. The first, The Great Big Book of Families , won the inaugural SLA Information Book Award in the under 7s category.
Mary loves to write historical fiction and her books for Bloomsbury - The Falconer’s Knot , Troubadour and David - have been followed by Shakespeare’s Ghost and now The Ravenmaster’s Boy . She runs a widely-read blog called The History Girls: https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com
Mary is an Honorary Fellow of the Library Association (CILIP) and lives in Oxfordshire.
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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.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Great Big Book of Families and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
The Great Big Book of Families features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, People / Places, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 5+ readers
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The Great Big Book of Families was written by Mary Hoffman and published by Frances Lincoln Childrens Books an imprint of Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
The Great Big Book of Families has 40 pages
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