Welcome to the Family - Hardcover

Hoffman, Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847805922 ISBN 13: 9781847805928

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2014

Synopsis

This book takes one element of The Great Big Book of Families the arrival of new members into a family and explores all the different ways a baby or child can become part of a family. The book includes natural birth within a nuclear family, adoption, fostering, same sex families and many other aspects of bringing babies or children into a family. The approach will follow the Great Big Book series, with twelve double spreads each exploring one theme, and including lots of humour, jokes and fun along the way. This is a unique information book, with an important and positive message every family is different and every family is equally valid and special, no matter how or when the children arrive."

About this title

Review:

"Describes all combinations of families in different circumstances, offering lots of points for discussion.  Asquith's exuberant illustrations add life to this entertaining book."

(Marilyn Brocklehurst The Bookseller)

"...this is a really important, accessible book tackling a complex topic with humoour and sensitivity."

(The Children's Bookseller Guide)

5 Star Review - "'The perfectly judged text is complemented by Ros Asquith’s expressive and detailed cartoon illustrations. This is a serious and important topic but, as in their other books, this team use humour to suit a young readership."

(Books for Keeps)

‘explore the many different ways that a baby or child becomes part of a family. Learn about IVF, foster care and ore in this warm-hearted sensible story from the team behind the Great Big Book of Families.’

(Angels & Urchins)

‘As in The Great Big Book of Feelings, Welcome to the Family manages to convey the complexity of the modern family with humour and sensitivity.’

(Nursery World)

‘This is ideal for dipping in and out of, for provoking conversations and fostering positive attitudes towards difference.’

(Early Years Educator)

‘Asquith’s joyful illustrations are effortlessly inclusive, showing families of varied and mixed races and children with additional needs... A fabulous book for children to explore independently, or to open up discussion about different types. Get a copy as soon as you can!’ 

(The School Librarian)

"a wondefully inclusive look at all the ways children can become part of a family. A really important and accessible information book for younger children."

(The Bookseller)

About the Author:

ROS ASQUITH has been a Guardian cartoonist for 20 years, and has written and illustrated over 70 books for young people, including the bestseller The Great Big Book of Families, with Mary Hoffman, the Teenage Worrier series, Letters from an Alien Schoolboy-which was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize- and her debut picture story book It’s Not Fairy. Ros lives in north London with her husband and two sons. For more information about Ros, visit her website: www.rosasquith.co.uk

MARY HOFFMAN is the internationally acclaimed author of over 100 books for children, ranging from picture books to teenage fiction. Her first picture book for Frances Lincoln, Amazing Grace, has become a classic which, with its sequels in the series, has sold 1.5 million copies worldwide. Mary’s other picture books for Frances Lincoln include The Colour of Home with Karin Littlewood and An Angel Just Like Me with Cornelius van Wright, as well as the hugely successful The Great Big Book of Families, The Great Big Book of Feelings, and Welcome to the Family, all with Ros Asquith. Their next title together will be The Great Big Body Book. Mary Hoffman lives in Oxfordshire. For more information about her books visit her website: www.maryhoffman.co.uk

About this edition

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1847805922
• ISBN 13: 9781847805928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Asquith Ros