Family diversity
Different families are shown, including families with one parent, two mothers, two fathers, or different-gender parents, alongside other caregivers.
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Sophie Beer - Author
This is a gentle shared-reading book about families expressing love through ordinary care. Its main offering is visible family variety alongside repeated, concrete examples of affection, help and time spent together.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a gentle shared-reading book about families expressing love through ordinary care. Its main offering is visible family variety alongside repeated, concrete examples of affection, help and time spent together.
Different families are shown, including families with one parent, two mothers, two fathers, or different-gender parents, alongside other caregivers.
The text links love with baking, helping, playing, reading, interacting and caring for other people.
The family representation is broad, including differences in family structure, ages, genders, races and sexual orientations.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Love makes a family / Sophie Beer. | City of Melbourne Libraries
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