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This book features eighteen children who showcase their family. On each left-hand page, there is a photo of the child and their family. The left-hand page also features the child's signature. This book does a good job of exposing children to different kinds of families. It could also help a child, who feels they live with a "different" family, accept and appreciate the family they have. The book also reassures children that they are not the only ones who live in a non-traditional family by explaining family differences from the perspective of a child. A weakness of this book is that it features a lesbian family and a foster family, which could raise questions in younger children.

This is a great book about a baby elephant and its mother in the wild.  The baby narrates the story while telling of the times it shares with its mother throughout the day and a close bond is obvious throughout.  Kavanagh uses every page to describe the relationship between the mother and baby and really depicts how the story line flows from the baby's language.  Because of the story being from the baby's point of view, the text seemed watered down and not as colorful as it could be.  This would be a great book to introduce the theme of togetherness.