An ABC of Families: Volume 2 (Empowering Alphabets)

An ABC of Families sounds like a basic ABC book but it ends up as so much more. With a simple ABC idea, it explores pregnancy, surrogacy, LGBTQ parenting, step families, and so much more. I loved how the author took the simple idea of the alphabet and applied it to introduce awareness and acceptance in children. Fabulous book. And the illustrations are simply drool-worthy!!!! This is a book that must be kept in all school libraries, rather than still teaching the age-old "father and mother make a complete family" tripe.A 4.5 from me.

This book is beautiful, the writing and the pictures. I purchased it to read with my 8 and 7 year old (step) children and my 19 month old loves it too. :) It is a brilliant book.

This book is not appropriate for adoptive or foster children. It reinforces problematic themes and stereotypes about first families. I bought it for my adopted toddler and was horrified when I saw the page about adoption that her first family was unable to care for her and she was “made for me.” How disrespectful. Such an uninformed trope. Adoption is traumatic for first families and adopted children and should be treated as such. I immediately threw this book away so that my toddler would never see it.

This book is great for explaining the different types of families. It is hard to find books that describe two mom households and fertility treatments. This book does an excellent job at explaining this and other types of families for young children.

It was absolutely a great book I bought it to read to my foster boys I had three foster sons ages 2,3 and 10 I bought it for all of them but I was expecting it to be more for my little two and it kind of just went over their heads my 10-year-old absolutely loved having me read it to him we had a lot of good conversations come out of this book and I highly recommend it

My kids love the messages in this book and it served as a wonderful stepping off point for some conversations about the ways in which families are different, and (more importantly) the ways in which families are the same. Thanks for a fantastic book. Thanks for writing it!Krupa Playforth (@thepediatricianmom)