"A knife and a fork and a spoon are a family
The stars and the sun and the moon are a family
The socks in the drawer
And the rocks on the shore
And the blocks on the floor
They can all become families
Bottle caps, gingersnaps, buttons or rings
You can make families from all sorts of things!"
It seems like the perfect time to be talking about families, doesn't it? No matter how big or small, families are to be celebrated. So, if you are sharing Christmas dinner tomorrow with two or two hundred, enjoy the time spent together and the love you feel.
Mary Ann Hoberman is a master of poetic language and she causes her readers to think 'outside the box' and consider what is not often commonplace. Her rollicking rhymes will have fans dancing in their seats, and eager to join in the fun. A repeating refrain will soon echo throughout the room. The lively, colorful artwork adds to the pleasure of reading this book together. The artist must have found great joy in creating illustrations to match the imaginative premise for this book. The expressive faces, the endless detail on every page encourages readers to look and then look again...the perfect compliment for an artist.
Once you start thinking and seeing through this accomplished poet's mind and eyes, you will find yourself off on a journey into language and family, never content to confine your ideas to what has always been so evident and usual.
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