Family Stories for Kids | Indian Prairie Public Library District

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Aneel and his grandfather, Dada-ji, tell stories, use their imaginations, and make delicious roti, a traditional Indian flatbread.

2) Drawn together

Author

Lê, Minh

Series

Hyperion Picture Book

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A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.

3) Going down home with daddy

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Lyons, Kelly Starling

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Alan looks forward to the annual family reunion at the farm where Daddy grew up, but everyone is supposed to share something special and Alan worries about arriving with empty hands.

4) Families, families, families!

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Lang, Suzanne

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"A host of animals portrays all kinds of non-traditional families"--

5) The Watsons go to Birmingham-- 1963

Author

Curtis, Christopher Paul

Series

Thorndike Press large print mini-collections

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Book, Audiobook Cassette, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway Bookpack, Pre-loaded Audio

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Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about an unforgettable family on a road-trip during one of the most important times in the civil rights movement. When the Watson family--ten-year-old Kenny, Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron--sets out on a trip south to visit Grandma in Birmingham, Alabama, they don't realize that they're heading toward one of the darkest moments in America's history. The...

6) The most beautiful thing

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Yang, Kao Kalia

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"Drawn from Kao Kalia Yang's childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this heartfelt picture book offers a window into the life of a family with little money and a great deal of love"--

7) A family is a family is a family

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O'Leary, Sara

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"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 listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One is full of stepsiblings, and another has a new...

8) A place to belong

Author

Kadohata, Cynthia

Series

Thorndike Press large print striving reader collection

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World War II has ended, and while America has won, twelve-year-old Hanako feels lost. To her, the world - and her world - seems irrevocably broken: America, the only home she's ever known, imprisoned then rejected her and her family - and thousands of other innocent Americans - because of their Japanese heritage, because Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japan - the country they've been forced to move, to, the country they hope will be the family's...