This book is more for dipping in and out of over a few days as it has loads of information and parents have to make it exciting for child to actually stay still and read. Although we were appreciative that the audience of this Usborne All About Families book are young people, it would be really nice to see words such as ‘gay’ / ‘same sex relationships’ during the parts where it explained ‘What is family? It could also support a nursery or pre-school project on family trees, or possibly even in a Reception classroom for EAL pupils. Images about di fferent customs is a great way of knowing about how other religions and countries celebrate important dates. With delightful illustrations, this glorious celebration of family diversity discusses the differences that make family life so rewarding and special!

It was nice to see a lot of diversity in this book, All About Families by Usborne, as we a re a very small, mixed race family where parents are bilingual in different languages. I personally loved the family tree and I will use it when my son is 6 or 7 to make our own family tree.There are some nice positive comments about what families are and some useful illustrations which encourage acceptance and understanding of difference in this All About Families Book by Usborne.

Whatever size or shape, whatever background you come from, whatever language you speak, homes you live in, and occasions you celebrate.Having mentioned that, I am also aware of the fact that some parts are left open-ended (like above) for parents to build onto and provide further details as they wish – which may have been the purpose after all. With delightful illustrations, this glorious celebration of family diversity talks about lone-parent families, adoptive, foster, divorced, remarried, and mixed race families, and lots, lots more, showing little children that families come in all shapes and sizes. I know I'm not alone in wanting to have my kids around, not tucked away in their bedrooms, and that means the kid’s stuff is around too.