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Shane DeRolf and Michael Letzig
This fiction picture book is about acceptance of diversity. Have students create their own crayon box. Students can write a poem, story, song, or a narrative about what makes their family unique and what makes them a family.

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Watch video trailer about a short film that educates about different types of families. Have students create a list together of "Who is in a family?". Have students create a concept map using Inspiration software about family. Include who is in your family, internal and external character traits, what family means to you, and other connected ideas.

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Thats A Family! - New Day Films - Children, Youth, & Families - LGBTQ

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To purchase this film visit: https://www.newday.com/film/thats-family While designed especially for young audiences, That's a Family! stretches the minds and touches the hearts of people of all ages. From the makers of It's Elementary, this fresh look at the changing American family breaks new ground, and once again lets children lead the way in preventing prejudice and embracing diversity.

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Judy Cox
This fiction story book tells a story about something special one child's family that they do together; playing music. The illustrations are loud and colorful. This text can also be accessed through the reading rainbow  app and be read aloud to students. Have students create a powerpoint slideshow, or other multimedia representation, of something special their family likes to do together.

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My Family Plays Music (CORETTA SCOTT KING/JOHN STEPTOE AWARD FOR NEW TALENT ILLUSTRATOR (AWARDS))

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My Family Plays Music (CORETTA SCOTT KING/JOHN STEPTOE AWARD FOR NEW TALENT ILLUSTRATOR (AWARDS)) [Judy Cox, Elbrite Brown] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In a buoyant introduction to music illustrated with festive cut-paper art, a musical family with talents for playing a variety of instruments enjoys getting together to celebrate.

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Todd Parr
This is a very simple, fiction picture book that is a good introduction to diverse families. It uses bright and bold pictures. I have used books by this author during holidays to include all of my students in celebrating. Students can create their own family portrait, using this text as a mentor text for illustrations.

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Mary Ann Hoberman
This is an abstract, fiction text about all different make-ups of families. It uses rhyme and symbolic language to come across that families are different but are still family no matter what. Students can create a poem about their own definition of family.

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Robert Skutch
This fiction book is mostly made of pictures. It is a good book that displays many different types of families, including animal families. It has many illustrations. It shows how it does not matter the make-up of your family to be considered family. Students can create an x-ray of what it means to be a family for them. On the outside will be descriptions of what their family looks like, names, etc. On the inside will be what is important to them in a family; trust, love, compassion, etc.

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Norman Simon
This fiction text is one on the Engage NY text lists. It is a story about how all families are unique. It is told in the context of a classroom where the students share things about their families Diversity is celebrated. This book should be read after completing other activities about what makes up a family. Students can "showcase" their products from the previous activities and then discuss their differences and similarities.

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Who's In My Family: All About Our Families: All About Our Families (Let's Talk About You and Me)

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Who's In My Family: All About Our Families: All About Our Families (Let's Talk About You and Me)

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Robie H. Harris
This fiction picture book uses humor and fun illustrations to discuss family structure. The author does a good job showing how family is a unit of people that love each other. He talks about families across cultures and shows how although they live in different areas and look different, they do similar things that all families do. Students can write about one of their favorite things to do as a family.

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Joan Sweeny
This fiction text is on the Engage NY text list. It is told through a child's point of view of her family tree through drawings. She talks about how they are all related to her and provides drawings of special events. Students could draw their own family tree.

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Ann Morris
This non-fiction text is on the Engage NY text list. It goes through how there are different family make ups but they share a common unity of love. It looks at families on a larger scale, examining different cultures around the world. Students could bring in and share pictures of who they identify as members of their family. Students could also draw pictures of their families.

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Dusan Petricic
This fiction picture book tells the story of a young boy's family ancestral line. It goes through generations of his family to show where his ancestors came from and their culture. It shows how his two sides of his family with different cultural roots have blended into one family. This book is a good introduction to extrinsic descriptions of family. Students could create their own family tree by interviewing parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles, to discover their "roots". As a class students could map where their ancestors originate from.