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Amelia Bedelia’s Family Album, Peggy Parish. Avon Books, 1989 (K-3)
The Auction, Jan Andrews, illus. by Karen Reczuch. Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre, 1992 (K-3) (grandparents)
Aunt Nina, Good Night, Franz Brandenberg, illus. by Aliki. Greenwillow, 1989 (K-2)
The Baby Project, Sarah Ellis. Douglas & McIntyre / A Groundwood Book, 1986 (4-8) (new baby)
A Baby Sister for Frances, Russell Hoban, illus. by Lillian Hoban. Harper & Row, 1970 (K-2)
The Big Storm, Rhea Tregebov, illus. by Maryann Kovalski. Kids Can Press, 1992 (preschool-2)
Carrot Cake, Nonny Hogrogian. Greenwillow Books, 1977 (K-3)
A Chair For My Mother, Vera Williams. Greenwillow, 1982 (K-2)
Dad’s Back, Jan Ormerod. Walker, 1986 (preschool-1)
Daniel’s Dog, Jo Ellen Bogart, illus. by Janet Wilson. Scholastic, 1990 (preschool-2) (new baby)
Daniel’s Story, Carol Matas. Scholastic, 1993 (6-8)
Dogger, Shirley Hughes, Lothrop. Lee & Shepard, 1988 (K-2)
The Doll, Cora Taylor. Western Producer Prairie Books, 1987 (3-8) (grandmother)
Drifting Snow: An Arctic Search, James Houston. McClelland & Stewart, 1992 (6+)
Easy Avenue, Brian Doyle. Douglas & McIntyre/A Groundwood Book, 1988 (5-8)
Families are Different, Nina Pellegrini. Holiday House, 1991 (K-3)
Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems, Mary Ann Hoberman. Scholastic, 1991 (K-3)
Fox Song, Joseph Bruchac, illus. by Paul Morin. Oxford University Press, 1993 (K-4) (great-grandmother)
Frank and Zelda, Maryann Kovalski, illus. by Maryann Kovalski. Kids Can Press, 1990 (K-2) (childless family)
Happy Families, Allan and Janet Ahlberg et. al. Picture Puffins, 1986 (preschool-1)
Hey Dad!, Brian Doyle. Groundwood Books, 1978 (4-7)
I Love My Family, Wade Hudson, illus. by Cal Massey. Scholastic, 1993 (K-3)
I Think He Likes Me, Elizabeth Winthrop, illus. by Denise Saldutti. Harper & Row Publishers, 1980 (preschool-1)
If it Weren’t For You, Charlotte Zolotow, illus. by Ben Shecter. Harper & Row Publishing, 1966 (preschool-1)
Julius, the Baby of the World, Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow, 1990 (K-2)
Knock! Knock!, Jackie Carter. Scholastic, 1993 (K-3)
Mama’s Going to Buy You a Mockingbird, Jean Little. Penguin, 1984 (4-7)
A Morning to Polish and Keep, Julie Lawson, illus. by Sheena Lott. Red Deer College Press, 1992 (preschool-3)
Mr. Kneebone’s New Digs, Ian Wallace. Douglas & McIntyre/A Groundwood Book, 1991 (1-3) (a homeless, elderly woman and her dog)
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, Charlotte Zolotow, illus. by Maurice Sendak. Harper & Row, 1969 (K-2)
Noisy Nora, Rosemary Wells. Dial, 1973(K-2)
My Family Vacation, Dayal Kaur Khalsa. Tundra Books, 1988 (K-2)
My Mother’s Ghost, Margaret Buffie. Kids Can Press, 1992 (6+)
Naomi’s Road, Joy Kogawa, illus. by Matt Gould. Oxford University Press, 1986 (4-7)
Of Things Not Seen, Don Aker, Stoddart. 1995, (7+) (family violence)
On Mother’s Lap, Ann Herbert Scott, illus. by Glo Coalson. McGraw-Hill, 1972 (preschool-1)
Night Cars, Teddy Jam, illus. by Eric Beddows. Douglas & McIntyre, 1988 (preschool-2) (father and a toddler)
No Signature, William Bell. Doubleday, 1992 (6+)
November Boots, Nancy Hundal, illus. by Marilyn Mets. HarperCollins, 1993, (K-2) (father and son)
Out on the Ice in the Middle of the Bay, Peter Cumming, illus. by Alice Priestley. Annick Press, 1993 (father and daughter)(K-2)
Peter’s Chair, Ezra Jack Keats. Harper & Row, 1967 (K-2)
Poems for Brothers, Poems For Sisters, edited by Myra Cohn Livingston, illus. by Jean Zallinger. Holiday House, 1991 (K-2)
Poems for Fathers, edited by Myra Cohn Livingston, illus. by Rogert Assilla. Holiday House, 1989 (K-2)
Poems for Grandmothers, edited by Myra Cohn Livingston, illus. by Patricia Cullen-Clark. Holiday House, 1990 (K-2)
Poems for Mothers, edited by Myra Cohn Livingston, illus. by Deborah K. Ray. Holiday House, 1988 (K-2)
The Relatives Came, Cynthia Rylant, illus. by Stephen Gammell. Bradbury Press, 1985 (K-3)
Roses Sing on New Snow: A Delicious Tale, Paul Yee, illus. by Harvey Chan. Douglas &amo; McIntyre/A Groundwood Book, 1991 (K-3) (Chinese family)
She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl, Eloise Greenfield, illus. by John Steptoe. Lippincott, 1974 (K-2) (new baby)
Silent Words, Ruby Slipperjack. Fifth House Publishers, 1992 (6+)
The Stories Julian Tells, Ann Cameron, illus. by Ann Strugnell. Knopf, 1981 (K-2)
Titch, Pat Hutchins. Macmillan, 1971 (K-2)
Two Moons in August, Martha Brooks. Douglas & McIntyre, 1991 (6+)
Uncle Ronald, Brian Doyle. Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre, 1996 (5+)
The Visitors Who Came to Stay, Annalena McAffee, illus. by Anthony Browne. Hamilton, 1984 (preschool-1)
Waiting for the Whales, Sheryl McFarlane, illus. by Ron Lightburn. Orca Book Publishers, 1991 (K-2) (grandfather, mother, and daughter)
The Whale’s Song, Dyan Sheldon, illus. by Gary Blythe. Dial, 1991 (K-2)
What is a Family, Gretchen Super. Troll, 1991 (K-3)