About this title: What makes a family? The members of Ms. Marston's kindergarten class are cleaning and decorating their room for the upcoming Open School Night. Molly and Tommy work on drawing pictures to put on the walls. Molly draws her family: Mommy, Mama Lu, and her puppy, Sam. But when Tommy looks at her picture, he tells her it's not of a family. "You can't have a mommy and a mama," he says. Molly doesn't know what to think; no one else in her class has two mothers. She isn't sure she wants her picture to be on the wall for Open School Night. Molly's dilemma, sensitively explored in words and ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780374350024ISBN:0374350027
Description: Wooding, Sharon. New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 32 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780374350024ISBN:0374350027
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Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780374350024. read more
Description: New. What makes a family? The members of Ms. Marston's kindergarten class are cleaning and decorating their room for the upcoming Open School Night. Molly and Tommy work on drawing pictures to put on the walls. Molly draws her family: Mommy, Mama Lu, and... read more
"Summary: When Molly's kindergarten class gets ready for Open School Night, Molly discovers that her classmates don't understand how she can have a Mommy and a Mama Lu.
Response: This is a perfect example of a book that has merit from a multicultural perspective if not from a literary perspective. Written in picture book form, geared towards very young children, and told in straightforward and kind tones, this book presents the concept of families with two mothers as well as presenting other less-traditional families. While the book is told in narrative form, its strength lies in the window and mirror Molly provides; for children who don't know any two-mom families, this book expresses their curiosity and doubt, being honest to the self-centered nature of children this age (if a family doesn't look like mine, it must not be possible). If a child lives in a two-mom family, he or she may have experience with trying to "explain" their family to other children, and the book describes Molly's trying to figure out how to explain something she just knows to be true - that of course she can have a Mommy and Mama Lu. The teacher serves to guide the children through their discussion and the book ultimately celebrates all families.
"This book tells the story of a little girl in Kindergarten getting ready for Open House in her class. She drew a picture of herself, her mommy and her mama. Molly struggles to understand why her classmates are confused about her picture. To her, this is family. After talking with other children in her class, she discovers there are many different ways a family can be, including grandparents, just dads and no moms, and aunts and uncles. This book was a little too cutesy, although I suppose it could be used in a Kindergarten classroom. The pictures were kind of "blah". Reading it was kind of "blah" in general."
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