What We're Reading: Tracy

All Kinds of Families, by Mary Ann Hoberman.

"A knife and a fork and a spoon are a family
The stars and the sun and the moon are a family
The socks in the drawer
And the rocks on the shore
And the blocks on the floor
They can all become families."

So begins this warm and whimsical new picture book, which offers up pages and pages of interesting "families" to be seen all around us. The unique illustrations, reminiscient of both modern Japanese cartooning and Disney's classic Small World attraction, feature scores of adorable anthropomorphic objects.
After perusing this book, you won't look at your refrigerator the same way again:

"Eggs in a carton can seem like a family
So can a loaf with its slices of bread
Celery stalks or a big bunch of carrots
They sleep in the fridge with a drawer for a bed."