Books that Celebrate Multigenerational Families

Below is a list of Books that Celebrate Multigenerational Families. These picture and middle-grade books showcase positive, loving relationships between children and a myriad of adults. The diverse families reflected in these books will help caregivers, and teachers shine a light on the cherished connection between grandparents, aunts and uncles, matriarchs, patriarchs, and for some, a chosen family.


THE MORE YOU GIVE

Books that Celebrate Multigenerational Families
A modern-day response to The Giving Tree, this lyrical picturebook shows how a family passes down love from generation to generation, leaving a legacy of growing both trees and community. Once there was a wide-open field, and a boy who loved his grandmother, who loved him back. The boy’s grandmother gives him many gifts, like hugs, and Sunday morning pancakes, and acorns with wild and woolly caps. And all her wisdom about how things grow. As the boy becomes a father, he gives his daughter bedtime stories his grandmother told him, and piggyback rides. He gives her acorns, and the wisdom he learned about how things grow. His daughter continues the chain, then passing down gifts of her own. Here is a picture book about the legacy of love that comes when we nurture living things–be they people or trees.

THE MORE YOU GIVE Written by Marcy Campbell, Illustrated by Francesca Sanna, Published by Penguin Random House (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers)


MERCI SUAREZ CAN’T DANCE

Books that Celebrate Multigenerational Families

Seventh grade is going to be a real trial for Merci Suárez. For science she’s got no-nonsense Mr. Ellis, who expects her to be a smart as her brother, Roli. She’s been assigned to co-manage the tiny school store with Wilson Bellevue, a boy she barely knows, but whom she might actually like. And she’s tangling again with classmate Edna Santos, who is bossier and more obnoxious than ever now that she is in charge of the annual Heart Ball.

 

MERCI SUAREZ CAN’T DANCE Written by Meg Medina, Published by Candlewick Press


APPLESAUCE DAY

 

From tree to table, this story shows how one family comes together to make applesauce.

Applesauce Day is here! Maria and her family visit an apple orchard and pick apples. Then it’s time to turn the apples into applesauce. Every year they use a special pot that has been in the family for generations. Follow along as everyone helps to make delicious applesauce.

APPLESAUCE DAY by Lisa J. Amstutz, Illustrated by Talitha Shipman, Published by Albert Whitman & Company

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Bethany Edwards is an elementary educator as well as a reading and literacy specialist. On Biracial Bookworms, she focuses on multiracial and multicultural resources for teaching literacy skills using reading, travel, and learning multiple languages. Additionally, she offers online and self-paced courses for parents and caregivers on Biracial Bookworms Academy.

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