Love is What Makes Us a Family
Love is What Makes Us a Family by Julia E. Morrison is a picture book published by Archway Publishing on June 22, 2016. This 32-page book is written in English and follows the journey of Eliza, a six-year-old girl navigating her parents’ divorce and her mother’s new relationship with a woman. Through her experiences and conversations with her parents, Eliza learns that families can take many forms, emphasizing the importance of love in familial relationships.
Readers will find that this book addresses complex themes such as family dynamics, divorce, and parenting in a way that is accessible for children. With included discussion questions, Love is What Makes Us a Family serves as a tool for initiating conversations about diverse family structures and the emotions that accompany them. Eliza’s story provides a relatable character for young readers, encouraging them to explore their own family situations and fostering understanding of the various forms love can take within families.
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Eliza is a six-year-old girl whose mom and dad are divorced. As Eliza adjusts to the changes in her family, she also realizes her mom is dating a woman. Eliza has many questions about this new situation, and through conversations with both of her parents, she begins to understand that families can take many forms. The love they have for one another is what is most important.
With discussion questions included, this picture book explores important topics that can be difficult to discuss. In Love is What Makes Us Family, Eliza gives children a character to identify with and a way to start an important dialogue about their own family or families around them.
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