Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies

This tender story about a family formed through adoption leads LeVar to explore the variety of ways families are created—the Harris family has 2 children, both adopted; the Peck family is a single mother and 9 adopted children; the Abney family is a set of parents, 2 brothers and an adopted sister. Viewers learn that families are really created by love.

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Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies Feature Book:

Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies

young boy remembers coming to the country to be adopted and how unfamiliar and frightening some things were in his new home, before he accepted the love to be found there.

Author: Ann Turner
Illustrator: James Graham Hale
Publisher: Harper Collins

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Horace

Horace

Horace, an adopted child, realizes that being part of a family depends on how you feel and not how you look.

Author: Holly Keller
Illustrator: Holly Keller
Publisher: William Morrow

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Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers, a Collection of Family Poems

Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers, a Collection of Family Poems

Humorous and serious poems celebrate every kind of family member, including mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles, stepbrothers, stepsisters, cousins, grandparents, and babysitters.

Author: Mary Ann Hoberman
Illustrator: Marilyn Hafner
Publisher: Viking

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Free to be... a Family: a Book About All Kinds of Belonging

Free to be... a Family: a Book About All Kinds of Belonging

A collection of stories, poems, and songs, created by children's authors and illustrators, entertainers, and composers, about different types of families and family relationships.

Author: Marlo Thomas and Friends
Publisher: Bantam

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