family

Simple text and color photos and maps explain what countries are and present some basic similarities and differences between the U.S. and other countries.

Araminta enlists the help of several ghosts in an attempt to stop her Aunt Tabby from selling Spook House.

Using a family tree, a child explains how her brother, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are related to her.

As five cousins and their families arrive by various means of transportation, Grandma's home in Brooklyn gets livelier and livelier.

Seventeen-year-old Christy wants only to finish high school and escape her Flint, Michigan, home, where she cooks, cleans, cares for her niece, and tries to fend off her half-brother, a drug dealer who has been abusing her since she was eleven.

A young boy is pressured by his family to abandon his promising soccer career for football.

Presents the perspectives of children from more than 130 countries on their cultures, covering myths, legends, language, and customs, each accompanied by a color photo of the child and his or her family.

Introduces the elements of the global community, focusing on the similarities and differences between families around the world, and discussing why families are important.

Describes different types of families, what family members do together, and where families live.

Simple text and illustrations teach children about the tangible and emotional needs adoptive families fulfill for one another.