25 Fabulous Picture Books About Families of All Shapes & Sizes

Who is in your family? This is a common question explored in the classrooms and homes of preschool and kindergarten children the world over. Fortunately, there are books about families representing a diverse range of families available today and this list includes 25 best families books to enjoy with young children.

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25 Fabulous Books About Families

The Family Book by Todd Parr In Parr’s signature unique and colourful style, The Family Book celebrates the love we feel for our families and all the different varieties they come in. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Who’s In My Family? All About Our Families by Robie H. Harris Join Nellie and Gus and their family for a day at the zoo in this humorous, engaging story that makes it clear that whoever is in your family, it is perfectly normal — and totally wonderful. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Me and My Family Tree by Joan Sweeney In Me and My Family Tree a young girl, through simple text and diagrams, how the members of her family are related to each other and to her. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

The Great Big Book of Families by Mary Hoffman A celebration of all kinds of families and their lives together, each spread showcases the diverse customs and traditions of one aspect of home life-from houses and holidays, to schools and pets, to feelings and family trees, featuring families the world over. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Who’s In a Family? by Robert Skutch Family is important, but who’s in a family? Why, the people who love you the most! A great depiction of all different types of families. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Families, Families, Families! by Suzanne Lang Dozens of combinations, demonstrating all kinds of nontraditional families are depicted by fabulous animals in framed portraits. A warm celebration of family love. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Families by Shelley Rotner Celebrate diversity with a picture book for young children about the many faces of contemporary families. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

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One Family by George Shannon A playful, interactive book that shows how a family can be big or small and comprised of people of a range of genders and races. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

My Family, Your Family by Lisa Bullard Makayla is visiting friends in her neighborhood. She sees how each family is different. Some families have lots of children, but others have none. Some friends live with grandparents or have two dads or have parents who are divorced. How is her own family like the others? Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

All About Families by Felicity Brooks What do families look like? Who’s in your family? How can families change? A celebration of family diversity that shows children that families come in all shapes and sizes. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

We Are Family by Ryan Wheatcroft Celebrate the everyday differences of eight families, as well as the similarities they share. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Families Around the World by Margaret Ruurs Visit with fourteen children, each from a different country, to learn about their families. Based on real children, each one’s story fills a two-page spread and is told in the first person, beginning with a greeting in the child’s native language. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

A Family Is A Family Is A Family by Sara O’Leary When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways — but the same in the one way that matters most of all. One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but ultimately realises that as long as her family is full of caring people, her family is special. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

All Kids of Families by Mary Ann Hoberman In fabulous rhyme, Mary Ann Hoberman shows readers that families, large and small, are all around us. From celery stalks to bottle caps, buttons, and rings, the objects we group together form families, just like the ones we are a part of. And, as we grow up, our families grow, too. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

We Belong Together by Todd Parr We Belong Together is about sharing your home and sharing your heart to make a family that belongs together. With an understanding of how personal and unique each adoption is, and that not everyone comes to it in the same way, Parr’s colorful art explores the true meaning of family. Available:  The Book Depository

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Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis In asking her parents to tell her again about the night of her birth, a girl relives a tale she knows by heart. Focusing on the significance of family and love, this is a beautiful story about adoption and the importance of a loving family. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Yes, I’m Adopted! by Sharlie Zinger The adoption story from start to finish, told from the child’s point of view. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

I Wished for You: An Adoption Story by Marianne Richmond A beautiful conversation between a little bear and his mama as they talk about how they became a family. The little bear asks many of the questions adopted children have, and his mama lovingly answers them all. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

All About Adoption: How Families Are Made & How Kids Feel About It by Marc Nemiroff and Jane Annunziata For the child who already understands the concept of adoption, this book provides a deeper explanation of how the adoption process works and the feelings that many children have about being adopted. Available:  The Book Depository

Heather Has Two Mummies by Leslea Newman Heather’s favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, and two pets. And she also has two mummies. When Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her daddy, but Heather doesn’t have a daddy. Then something interesting happens. When Heather and her classmates all draw pictures of their families, not one drawing is the same. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Stella Brings the Family by Miriam Schiffer Stella’s class is having a Mother’s Day celebration, but what’s a girl with two daddies to do? Stella has her Papa and Daddy who take care of her, and a whole gaggle of other loved ones who make her feel special and supported every day. She just doesn’t have a mom to invite to the party. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Daddy, Papa and Me by Leslea Newman Rhythmic text and sweet illustrations describe a toddler spending the day with its daddies in this great first book about same-sex parents and their children. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

In Our Mother’s House by Patricia Polacco Marmee, Meema, and the kids are just like any other family on the block. They cook dinner together, laugh together and dance together. But some of the other families don’t accept them. How can a family have two moms and no dad? But Marmee and Meema’s house is full of love. And they teach their children that different doesn’t mean wrong. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

A Tale of Two Daddies by Vanita Oelschlager Following the playground conversation between two children, A Tale of Two Daddies helps young children understand that what children need most is adults who love and nurture them. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

Two Homes by Claire Masurel At Mommy’s house, Alex has a soft chair. At Daddy’s house, Alex has a rocking chair. In each home, Alex also has a special bedroom and lots of friends to play with. But whether Alex is with his mother or his father, one thing always stays the same – Alex is loved. Available: Amazon | The Book Depository

For more books to help talk with children about divorce and separation, check out our list of Helpful Picture Books about Divorce.

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