TY - BOOK AU - Mary Ann Hoberman TI - Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers : A Collection of Family Poems SN - 0316362514 U1 - HOB PY - 0000///022009/// CY - New York, United States PB - Little, Brown & Company KW - Poetry N2 - What is a family?Who is a family?Either a lot or a few is a family;But whether there's ten or there's two in your family,All of your family plus you is a family!There is something for everyone in this celebration of families - poems about families of all sizes and configurations, about brothers and sisters, adoptees and stepsiblings, parents and grandparents, even a special ode to the only child. Both poems and Hafner's warm expressive illustrations convey the sense of what makes family life at once so wonderful and so unpredictable. Told from a child's point of view, the poems are perfect for reading alone or in the classroom and for family story times as well. ER -