Diverse families bundle

These three picture books celebrate diverse family structures and aid understanding and acceptance among young children. Each book promotes inclusivity and the idea that love defines a family.

Picnic in the park

It’s a bright sunny day and there is a buzz of excitement at Number 10, Park View. It’s Jason’s birthday, and he is five years old. Jason is going to have a birthday picnic in the park and has invited lots of people…and they’ve all brought presents!

This charming picture book, designed for use with young children, introduces a range of different family structures, including two- and one-parent families, adoptive, foster and kinship families, gay and lesbian families, and step-families. It also shows a diverse range of adults and children.

Josh and Jaz have three mums

Josh and Jaz are five-year-old twins who have been adopted by a lesbian couple, Sue and Fran. When their school teacher asks them to produce a family tree, they are worried that everyone in their class will laugh because they have two mums – and what will they say about their birth parents?

Sue and Fran help the children to understand that every family tree will tell a different story and that families come in all shapes and sizes. This heartwarming story encourages an understanding and appreciation of same-sex parents and other diverse family groupings.

Dad David, Baba Chris and Me

Ben is nearly eight years old. He lives in an ordinary house, in an ordinary street, goes to an ordinary school and does ordinary things. In fact, he’s just like everybody else. Or is he? Ben lives with his two dads who adopted him when he was four. Children at his school find out and begin teasing him. Ben is worried that he isn’t so “normal” any more. But with the help of his dads and his teacher, Ben and the other children at his school learn that all families are different, and all special in their own way.

This charming and affirming picture book for young children encourages an understanding and appreciation of same-sex parents, as well as showing that families come in all shapes and sizes.