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Family Day

Snuggle up and read one of these books about family with someone you love!

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  • Cousins!

    a Big Family Story

    Lavoie, Laura
    Cousins gather at Grandma June's house to play games, eat food, and have fun celebrating their big family.
    Picture Book, 2025New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2025. — JP Lavoi
  • I Would Give You My Tail is a picture book about a boy going to fetch his grandmother while his mother is in labour. On his way he meets a family of rabbits, a babbling brook, a mother bear and her cubs, and a conspiracy of ravens. He learns about…
    Picture Book, 2025[Toronto, Ontario] : Tundra Books, 2025. — JP Tagaq
  • The Invisible String Family Celebration

    a Reimagining of the Invisible String

    Karst, Patrice
    When a mom and dad tell their twins that they're all connected by an Invisible String, the children insist that's impossible. But still, they want to know more: What kind of string? The answer is one that people around the world have been sharing…
    Picture Book, 2025New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — JP Karst
  • Join a child captain and parent first mate as they embark on a wild high seas adventure all without leaving the living room! The parent is only trying to vacuum the rug. But the child is adamant. It's not a rug -- it's the ocean. And that broom?…
    Picture Book, 2024New York : Anne Schwartz Books, 2024. — JP Black
  • Edna the very first chicken is hatching her very first eggs! With long, sharp teeth and claws, one of her chicks, Sinclair, is an unusual chicken. But when Gorgosaurus threatens his family, Sinclair might just prove to be the best chicken ever.…
    Picture Book, 2024New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024. — JP Rees
  • A young girl learns about her diverse heritage and discovers the strength and love it brings to her multicultural family.
    Picture Book, 2024New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2024. — JP Anand
  • Oddbird has always been on his own. And he's managed pretty well. But that's changing -- now, he wishes for a family. When Oddbird's friends plan a big surprise for him, he realizes he's surrounded by those who accept and care for him. All families…
    Picture Book, 2024New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2024. — JP Desie
  • Jade and Crystal, two rabbit sisters, love the Mid-Autumn Festival and the joy of making and eating mooncakes.
    Picture Book, 2024New York : Penguin Workshop, 2024. — JP Shum
  • It's Black Gay Pride Day in Washington, DC, and readers will enjoy watching two gay parents get their child ready for a day at the National Mall. From cheerful neighbors to colorful outfits to fireworks, the vast LGBTQIA+ community is represented…
    Picture Book, 2024New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2024. — JP Wells
  • Noor's inquisitive quest to uncover the purpose of hijabs leads her to her Ammu, who reveals the heartwarming answer.
    Picture Book, 2024New York : Salaam Reads, 2024, c2023. — JP Islam
  • Time for You and Me demonstrates how to play interactively with your child through a really catchy, cute, and fun rhyming verse format. Meant to encourage thoughtful, interactive play between parent and child, or caregiver and child, this book…
    Picture Book, 2024Altona, MB : FriesenPress, 2024. — JP Batt
  • No two families look exactly alike, but every family is tied together by love. With soft, charming illustrations, each child in My House, My Family introduces their own family situation -- from adoptive and foster parents to single parents, from…
    Picture Book, 2023Reedley, CA : Familius, 2023. — JP Flinc
  • Young and in love, Momma Red and Poppa Yellow Tomato decide to have a baby tomato. However, Momma and Poppa quickly learn that they cannot properly care for their sweet seedling and make the difficult decision to release her to another loving tomato…
    Picture Book, 2023[Ashland, Ohio] : Paw Prints Publishing, 2023. — JP Jacks
  • Ava's world is full of opposites: colorful sneakers on a gray sidewalk, thick books made up of thin sheets of paper, and dreams of huge spaces in her small head. Together, these opposites depict a full and impactful life, as Ava moves from girl to…
    Picture Book, 2023New York : Rocky Pond Books, 2023. — JP Salmi
  • Love Without Bounds

    An Intersectionallies Book About Families

    Johnson, Chelsea
    Presents a joyful, heartwarming celebration of family in all its forms: multicultural families; LGBTQ+ families; adoptive and foster care families; single-parent and blended families; transnational families; families impacted by incarceration,…
    Picture Book, 2023New York, NY : Dottir Press, 2023. — JP Johns
  • In this sweet tale of family life, a boisterous adoptive family welcomes their new baby boy --- who, thankfully, has a unique requirement for sleeping!
    Picture Book, 2022Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, 2022. — JP Garbu
  • When her mother goes on a business trip, a little girl, who loves to sit between Mama and Mommy at the table, misses her a lot and feels empty until Mommy finally comes home, filling the void with love.
    Picture Book, 2022Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022. — JP LaCou
  • Cat Dog Dog

    the Story of a Blended Family

    Buchet, Nelly
    This laugh-out-loud picture book, which cleverly uses two repeating words, is sure to strike a chord with kids dealing with the ups-and-downs of settling into a blended family of their own.
    Picture Book, 2020New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2020. — JP Buche
  • Babies and caregivers of a wide range of ethnicities are represented in this heartwarming read-aloud designed to show little ones how much they are cherished and loved.
    Picture Book, 2019Toronto, ON : Owlkids Books, Inc., 2019. — JP Barro
  • As long as a family is full of caring people, it is special. This is a warm and whimsical look at many types of families.
    Picture Book, 2016Toronto : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2016. — JP O'Le