By Todd Parr
The big, bright, crayon-bold book that says every family is different, and every one of them is exactly right.
Some families are big. Some are small. Some have two moms or two dads, some have one parent, some are all the same color and some are all different colors. Some are quiet, some are noisy, some live close together and some live far apart. Page after page, in Todd Parr's fat black outlines and loud happy colors, the book names one more way a family can look, and lands every time on the same warm truth: all families like to hug each other, and all families can help each other be strong. It's less a story than a hundred little mirrors, and somewhere in there your child finds the one that looks like home.
For a child in a family that's changing shape, the most steadying thing a book can do is say, plainly and cheerfully, that there is no one right way to be a family. This one does exactly that, without a lump in its throat. There's no problem to solve and no sad child to rescue, just a joyful catalog of difference where a step-family, a two-home family, or a brand-new blended one sits on the same page as every other kind, drawn just as brightly. A child who's wondering whether their family is normal gets the answer before they even ask.