Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers:
A Collection of Family Poems
Little Brown Books for Young Readers • 1991 • 32 pages • ISBN: 978-0-316-36251-1
There is something for everyone in this celebration of families – poems about families of all sizes and configurations, about brothers and sisters, adoptees and stepsiblings, parents and grandparents, even a special ode to the only child. Both poems and Hafner’s warm expressive illustrations convey the sense of what makes family life at once so wonderful and so unpredictable. Told from a child’s point of view, the poems are perfect for reading alone or in the classroom and for family story times as well.
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Reviews
Kirkus
“Thirty wise, witty, neatly constructed poems…Full of insight and lots of fun.”
Childrenʻs Literature
“This humorous collection of poems is a real treasure.”
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
“The emphasis here is on diverse situations, and young listeners from nuclear, extended, fractured, foster, and adoptive families will all find a place in these poems and pictures”
The Horn Book
“Pleasant poems for and about everyone in the family; verses are happy, bouncy, poignant, and sometimes serious. A multicultural smorgasbord - nicely written and appealingly illustrated.”