●     Illustrator: Mayer, Mercer

●     Publication date: 1991

●     Genre: fiction

●     Approximate interest level: Pre-K-K, 1-2, 3-5

●     Approximate text level:
Lexile: 4th/5th grade reading level

●  "What's better than having a little brother? To the sweet Little Critter, nothing!  They're going to do so many fun things together--go trick or treating, fight mean bullies, ride bikes, and so much more. "

●     teaching idea: 
With this book, I would have students write down different activities that they do with their siblings, or if they didn't have siblings, then things they did with their friends. 

●     Illustrator: Kurilla, Renee

●     Publication date: 2015

●     Genre: nonfiction

●     Approximate interest level: Kindergarten-3

●     Approximate text level:   Lexile: 2nd/3rd grade reading level

●     "Introduces different types of families, looks at the similarities and differences between them, and identifies the qualities that make each one great."

●     With this book, I would have students draw pictures of their families and compare and contrast with people in their table and talk about how differences makes their families unique. 

●     Genre: non-fiction

●     Approximate interest level: K-2
●     Approximate text level: Lexile: 2nd grade reading level

●    In this book, adoption is explained, and it talks about how children who are adopted are just as loved and cared for as any other child. "The joy of adoption and bringing families together is presented in this tale."

●     With this book, I would have students compare their families and talk about if they know anyone that is adopted, and what they know about adoption.

●     Publication date: August 2007

●     Genre: fiction 

●     Approximate interest level: Kindergarten

●     Approximate text level: Lexile: 1st grade reading level

●     "A little girl describes how she feels about her parents' separation and explains how she spends the time she's with each of them"

●     With this book, I would have the students talk about how they would feel if their parents didn't live together, and if I had students with divorced/separated parents, I would have them talk about what they related to in the book and what they noticed to be different. I would make sure that student's knew all about different families, and would try to teach this with the book on adoption for students to learn about all the different characteristics of families.

●     Illustrator: Pham, LeUyen

●     Publication date: July 2005

●     Genre: fiction

●     Approximate interest level: Pre-Kindergarten-2

●     Approximate text level: Accelerated reader: lower grades

●     In this book, the little sister is upset because the big sister always gets to do things first, and gets to do things the little sister doesn't. As the book goes on, the little sister learns that she can do things that the older sister can't do anymore because she is too old, and she learns that being the little sister is just as cool as being the older sister.

●     I would have students write about different times that they were jealous of their older or younger siblings/friends/cousins and then share what they learned from that experience.

●     Illustrator: Watson, Richard

●     Publication date: 2005

●     Genre: fiction

●     Approximate interest level: K-2

●     Approximate text level: Lexile: 1st grade reading level

●    In this book, Molly becomes nervous because her family is moving to another town. She isn't sure what to expect because she doesn't know anyone there, so she asks her mom many "what if" questions about her new town, school, and house.

●     I would have students talk about times they've moved, and how it affected their families. If they have lived in the same house since they can remember, I would have them talk about what they think would be hard about it.

●     Illustrator: McGraw, Sheila

●     Publication date: October 1986

●     Genre: fiction

●     Approximate interest level: Kindergarten

●     Approximate text level: Lexile: 3rd/4th grade reading level

●  a mother tells her story of watching her child grow up, and talks about how no matter how old he gets, that she will always be there for him and always love him.    

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●     Illustrator: Thomas, Louis

●     Publication date: 2016

●     Genre: non-fiction

●     Approximate interest level: Kindergarten

●     Approximate text level: Reading level: B

●   This book provides the perfect platform to explore family issues and questions that children have as they grow up and try to make sense of the world around them. Each fully-illustrated spread poses questions around the theme of identity and diversity, helping children to understand different ethnic structures, cultures, and ages and generations

●     I would have students bring in pictures of their families along with one common recipe or tradition to share with the class so that each student would learn about the different cultures of other student's families so that they are more aware of them. I would also have them share similarities and differences.