Fall 2024
Parents
From the Set Families
Parents care for us. They can be different genders and ages. In this book, emergent readers are introduced to different parent/child relationships and interactions. Accessible, carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references and labels to support readers and provide them with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience.
Parents includes Tools for Teachers and Caregivers and a Let's Review! question and image, as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of contents, words to know, and an index. Parents is part of Jump!'s Families series.
SLJ Review of Families
PreS-Gr 1—These books explain, in simple terms, how family dynamics function. Cousins are the kids of your parents’ siblings, those siblings are your parents’ brothers and sisters. Each book begins with “Words to Know,” a pairing of photos and words to prepare readers for the text to come. Labeled photos throughout support the text, which consists of one sentence per spread. The books end with a review question that complements the text by asking readers to apply the information they have learned. The families depicted are mostly homogenous and typically abled. The major exception to this is in Parents, where queer parents and a blended interracial family are spotlighted. With the dynamic families many readers are familiar with, they may be disappointed not to see their family on the pages.
Author: Charlie Sterling
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