Looking at families from a younger child’s perspective is the aim of One Hundred is a Family (Hyperion: $13.95, ages 4 to 8). Leucadia author Pam Muñoz Ryan enumerates from one to 10, then by tens to 100, to depict the elasticity of contemporary family life. It’s a clever counting book as well as a not-too-preachy celebration of diversity. Busy, expressive illustrations by Benrei Huang aid in keeping the tone light. Don’t worry—the higher numbers don’t reflect mothers with 80 or 90 children, but rather neighborhoods, communities, reunions and groups united by common causes.
Los Angeles Times
December 18, 1994
 

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