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Tender Topics: All Kinds of Families June 2018
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The blessing cup
by Patricia Polacco
Anna, a girl from an early 20th-century Russian Jewish family, moves to America and brings a beautiful china tea set that symbolizes God's blessings, family history and a plentiful life that reaches through subsequent generations.
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Immigrant families
by Hilary W Poole
Explores immigrant families, looking at the history of immigration, how immigrants adjust to their new lives, and the challenges they face
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Home at last
by Vera B Williams
Unable to fall asleep in his new bed after being adopted by Daddy Albert and Daddy Rich, young Lester crawls into his parents' bed every night, challenging the family dog to help him adjust. By the Caldecott Honor-winning author of A Chair for My Mother and the Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator of The Hello, Goodbye Window.
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Adoptive families
by Hilary W Poole
Examines adoptive families, citing the history of adoption, trends, and challenges for adopted children
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Levi's Family
by Elliot Riley
Introduces Levi and his parents who first took care of Levi as foster parents when he needed a safe place to live and then adopted him.
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Foster families
by Hilary W Poole
Explores foster families, discussing the history and types of foster care and the unique challenges foster children face
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We sang you home
by Richard Van Camp
A couple celebrates and welcomes their baby into the world
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My New Mom & Me
by Renata Galindo
Worrying about how his adoptive cat mom is so unlike him on the outside, a puppy develops an appreciation for his new family's enjoyment of differences as they participate in the same loving and squabbling activities shared by all loving families.
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We are family
by Patricia Hegarty
Rhyming text and illustrations of families explore how all families are different, but also the same
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Love Is Love
by Michael Genhart
Teased for having two fathers, a boy views his friend's traditional family as similar to his own and realizes he can counter the ridicule by taking pride in his fathers and the love that makes them a family.
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From north to south
by René Colato Laínez
When his mother is sent back to Mexico for not having the proper immigration papers, José and his father travel from San Diego, California, to visit her in Tijuana
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In our mothers' house
by Patricia Polacco
Three adopted children experience the joys and challenges of being raised in a home with two mothers, who teach the children that different doesn't mean wrong.
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