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Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers

A Collection of Family Poems

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By Mary Ann Hoberman

Illustrated by Marylin Hafner

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What is a family?
Who is a family?
Either a lot or a few is a family;
But whether there’s ten or there’s two in your family,
All of your family plus you is a family!


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.

On Sale
Sep 1, 2001
Page Count
32 pages
ISBN-13
9780316362511

Mary Ann Hoberman

About the Author

Mary Ann Hoberman is a former Children’s Poet Laureate and a winner of the National Book Award. During her tenure as Children’s Poet Laureate, Ms. Hoberman visited numerous classrooms and libraries, introducing both children and adults to the joys of reading and memorizing poetry. She is the author of more than forty books for children, including All Kinds of Families! and the award-winning You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You series.

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