All Kinds of Families by Mary Ann Hoberman

All Kinds of Families by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Marc Boutavant is geared towards ages 3 to 6. In just flipping open the cover it has a saying which I really like, "families, families, all kinds of families. Families are people and animals, too. but all sorts of other things fit into families. Look all around and you'll see that they do!" ...a little bit down the inside flap it has another saying that says, "play families, real families, all kinds of families. Think of the families, the ones that you're from. Someday you'll grow up and you'll have a new family and you'll be the family of families to come!" I like these sayings; these are lovely and show how families are. There is not one family that is the same, there are all sorts of families and that is ok. These two sayings help explain the story. The story is explaining that there are different kinds of families everywhere, not just in people but in other things like a fork and a spoon, for example. I really enjoyed this story as well as the different illustrations throughout the book. They were so bright and colorful. Each picture was different in its own way and helped explain the words in the text more clearly. This story was also fun to read because it was rhyming and I really enjoy rhyming. I also thought this story showed a good message that there is no family that is the same, whether it is different things as well as in people. Each family is unique in it's own way and it is ok. This story would be good to read to children whether at home or in the classroom. Either way, I find the story to portray a good message to students that every family is different, and it is ok that their friends have different living situations as them and that it does not matter.