Better Together A Book of Family

Better Together

A Book of Family

By Barbara Joosse and Anneke Lisberg
Illustrator Jared Schorr

Casebound Board Book

Price: $14.95

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  • Publication Date: August 1, 2017
  • Imprint: Abrams Appleseed
  • Trim Size: 8 x 8
  • ISBN: 9781419725388
  • Page Count: 22
  • Illustrations: full-color illustrations throughout
  • Rights: World/All

In Better Together, each spread starts with a single animal, all alone. Then a gatefold opens to reveal that the single animal is actually one of many animals working together to comfort, feed, and protect one another. At the end, we see how human families come together in similar ways to care for their little ones. Careful readers will be delighted to see that every animal mentioned in the book is hidden somewhere in the last image. The final spread offers interesting facts about the animals in the book, including the collective nouns for each. Jared Andrew Schorr’s bright, lively cut-paper illustrations and an unexpected freshness round out a very satisfying package.

Praise

"The illustrations are made of comfortably round lines and are bright with a primary-color palette that little readers are quite familiar with. There is value added with vocabulary that introduces the names of animal babies and collective names, where appropriate."
Kirkus —
"Jared Andrew Schorr craft the engaging Better Together: A Book of Family with poetic text (including plural group names), a lift-the-flap format and inventive die-cuts."
Shelf Awareness —

BETTER TOGETHER Teaching Guide


About the authors

Barbara M. Joosse has written for children for more than 30 years.
Through her writing, she aspires to find the things that are the same, and the things that are different, between us all.

Anneke Lisberg is a licensed zoologist. This is her first book for children.

Jared Andrew Schorr specializes in creating detailed work entirely from cut paper. His work has appeared in many publications, as well as in galleries and homes around the world.