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Books That Speak To Me: Elementary: Families

Introduction

Books in the Families category focus on what makes your family unique. These books feature varied family structures, as well as struggles and celebrations families go through.

Picture Books

A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O'Leary; Qin Leng (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781554987948
Publication Date: 2016-09-13
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry; Vashti Harrison (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780525553366
Publication Date: 2019-05-14
Harriet Gets Carried Away by Jessie Sima (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481469111
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina; Angela Dominguez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763695132
Publication Date: 2017-10-03
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399549083
Publication Date: 2021-02-02
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero; Zeke Peña (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780525553410
Publication Date: 2019-05-14
Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer; Holly Clifton-Brown (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452111902
Publication Date: 2015-05-05
When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff; Kaylani Juanita (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781620148372
Publication Date: 2019-06-04

Chapter Books/Graphic Novels

Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd; Michelle Mee Nutter (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781338568905
Publication Date: 2021-03-02
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN: 9780399545436
Publication Date: 2020-09-01
Bump by Matt Wallace
ISBN: 9780063007987
Publication Date: 2021-01-26
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN: 9780399252525
Publication Date: 2018-08-28
Twins (Twins #1) by Varian Johnson; Shannon Wright (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781338236132
Publication Date: 2020-10-06
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
ISBN: 9781328499219
Publication Date: 2018-09-04