The breadth of diversity on display is refreshing: families include multigenerational homes, interracial marriage, neighboring households, children who identically resemble their parents and those who don't.

One family can big or smalls and comprised of people of a ranger of ages, genders and ethnicities. But one box of crayons can mean 8 crayons. Print this I Love My Family Tree! Coloring Page then write the names or draw pictures of your family members in the hearts, and color the picture.One means one. With so much to see, talk about, and count, on every page, One Family is a fantastic book to add to school, classroom, and home libraries.įarrar, Straus & Giroux, 2015 | ISBN 978-0374300036įind a gallery of illustration and other artwork by Blanca Gomez on her website! Family Heritage Month Activityįilling in a family tree is a fun way to learn more about grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and where your family came from. A final spread gives readers another chance to count the items they found in the book, and the endpapers tell a story of their own. Three examples of the featured number on each two-page spread are just the right amount for kids to count and discuss how we use collective nouns to denote ideas such as “one pair” for two or “one batch” and “one bunch” for any number of cookies or flowers. Every page offers welcome views of multigenerational, interracial, and multiethnic families. In her vibrant and inclusive illustrations, Blanca Gomez celebrates what it means to be a family and even invites readers to perhaps make up their own stories about how each family came together. Image copyright Blanca Gomez, 2015, text copyright George Shannon, 2016. They’ve grabbed their team of horses-two stick ponies-and are galloping around the room. In the bedroom “one is two”: a boy and a girl have changed into pajamas, leaving one pair of shoes-two shoes with yellow laces-and a shirt on the floor. It’s 6:00 and “one is one”: a little lady with a cotton-candy swirl of white hair is reading one book in the light of her one lamp. But whatever you do, don’t forget to celebrate your family! One Family Written by George Shannon | Illustrated by Blanca Gomez

It can be fun to draw a family tree or put together a scrapbook of photos, old and new. No matter how much you know about your family, though, you know that each step along the way for each person has brought you to the place you are now-together! This month encourages people to research their genealogy and discover more about their ancestors. Some families know all about great, great, great grandma or grandpa, while for some the distant past is a bit hazy. When families form, each person comes with their own history, which is then blended to create an entirely new story.

One family by george shannon