“What are the best Children’s books about Families?” We looked at 246 of the top Kids Family books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 27 titles, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Children’s Family” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 200+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.

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Top 27 Best Children’s Books About Families

27 .) A Family Is A Family Is A Family written by Sara O’Leary

Lists It Appears On:

• Childhood 101
• Multicultural Childrens Book Day

When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways — but the same in the one way that matters most of all. One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One is full of stepsiblings, and another has a new baby

26 .) Fred Stays With Me! written by Nancy Coffelt

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Multicultural Childrens Book Day

A child describes how she lives sometimes with her mother and sometimes with her father, but her dog is her constant companion.

25 .) I Wished for You: An Adoption Story written by Marianne Richmond

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Childhood 101

A mama bear and her little boy bear talk about how they became a family because of the mother’s wish.

24 .) It’s Okay To Be Different written by Todd Parr

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Hachette Book Group

23 .) Love is a Family written by Roma Downey

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Read Brightly

Chicken Little and her friends hurry to tell the king that the sky is falling.

22 .) Me and My Family Tree written by Joan Sweeney, Annette Cable (Illustrator)

Lists It Appears On:

• Childhood 101
• Pre Kinders

Using a family tree, a child explains how her brother, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are related to her.

21 .) More, More, More Said the Baby written by Vera B. Williams

Lists It Appears On:

• Colours Of Us
• Multicultural Childrens Book Day

Three babies are caught up in the air and given loving attention by a father, grandmother, and mother.

20 .) Real Sisters Pretend written by Megan Dowd Lambert

Lists It Appears On:

• Colours Of Us
• Multicultural Childrens Book Day

Safe in the knowledge that adoption has made them “forever family,” stepsisters Mia and Tayja improvise an imaginary adventure with a joyful homecoming to a real home with their two moms.

19 .) Shopping with Dad written by Matt Harvey and Miriam Latimer

Lists It Appears On:

• Colours Of Us
• The Barefoot Mommy

A little girl and her father have a wonderful time in the grocery store until she nearly knocks over a display, then while trying her best to be good she lets out a big sneeze that results in chaos.

18 .) The Different Dragon written by Jennifer Bryan and Danamarie Hosler

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Metro

A bedtime story takes Noah on an amazing journey with his cat, where they meet a dragon who doesn’t want to be scary and fierce.

17 .) The Great Big Book of Families written by Mary Hoffman

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Childhood 101

Features illustrations and descriptions of different types of families and how their lives are similar and different.

16 .) The Little Red Fort written by Brenda Maier

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• PA Book

In this adaptation of the Little Red Hen fable, Ruby wants to build a fort, but her three brothers refuse to help, so when the fort is finished Ruby will not let them join her–until the boys come up with a few embellishments for the fort, like a mailbox, a garden, and a fresh coat of paint.…

15 .) Thunder Boy Jr. written by Sherman Alexie, Illustrated by Yuyi Morales

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Hachette Book Group

14 .) Who’s In a Family written by Robert Skutch

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Childhood 101

13 .) And Tango Makes Three written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Books For Keeps
• Read Brightly

12 .) In Our Mothers’ House written by Patricia Polacco

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Childhood 101
• Colours Of Us

Three young children experience the joys and challenges of being raised by two mothers.

11 .) Mixed Me! written by Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Colours Of Us
• The Barefoot Mommy

Told in rhyming text, Mike is a mixed-race boy, completely comfortable with his identity and his parents–and his wild, curly hair.

10 .) Mommy, Mama, And Me written by Leslea Newman and Carol Thompson

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Metro
• The Barefoot Mommy

9 .) Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale written by Karen Katz

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Read Brightly
• The Barefoot Mommy

A loving couple dream of a baby born far away and know that this is the baby they have been waiting to adopt.

8 .) Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born written by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Childhood 101
• Read Brightly

A young girl asks her parents to tell her again the cherished family story of her birth and adoption.

7 .) Who’s in My Family: Let’s Talk About Our Families written by Robie H. Harris

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Childhood 101
• Colours Of Us

Nellie and her little brother Gus discuss all kinds of families during a day at the zoo and dinner at home with their relatives afterwards.

6 .) Heather Has Two Mommies written by Leslea Newman

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Childhood 101
• Multicultural Childrens Book Day
• Read Brightly

When Heather goes to playgroup, at first she feels bad because she has two mothers and no father, but then she learns that there are lots of different kinds of families and the most important thing is that all the people love each other.

5 .) One Family written by George Shannon and Blanca Gómez

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Childhood 101
• Colours Of Us
• The Barefoot Mommy

A family can be many things, in this story that introduces numbered groups from one to ten.

4 .) Stella Brings the Family written by Miriam Schiffer and Holly Clifton-Brown

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Childhood 101
• Multicultural Childrens Book Day
• The Barefoot Mommy

Stella brings her two fathers to school to celebrate Mother’s Day.

3 .) The Family Book written by Todd Parr

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Books For Keeps
• Childhood 101
• Metro

Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what.

2 .) Two Homes written by Claire Masurel and Kady MacDonald Denton

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Childhood 101
• Read Brightly
• The Barefoot Mommy

1 .) Families, Families, Families! written by Suzanne Lang and Max Lang

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Childhood 101
• Goodreads
• Hachette Book Group
• The Barefoot Mommy

A host of animals portrays all kinds of non-traditional families

The 200+ Additional Best Kids Books About Families

14 Best Non-traditional Family Children’s Book Sources/Lists