My Life with a Blended Family [Paperback]

In this installment of our popular series highlighting real-life stories of real kids, we delve into family topics that affect countless kids: grief, divorced parents and blended families. Foster understanding and empathy with these narrative nonfiction books featuring real kids and their lives. Expressive illustrations and a dyslexic-friendly font foster inclusivity.
  Meet Karson! She likes basketball, cheerleading, and reading. She is also part of a blended family. Karson is real and so are her experiences. Learn about her life with a stepparent and stepbrothers in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students. With the help of experienced children’s author Mari Schuh, Karson sheds light on how her family changed after her mom remarried.Karson’s story is augmented by colorful, realistic illustrations. A dyslexic-friendly font promotes accessibility. Includes tips for kids about interacting with people who have blended families.Mari Schuh is the author of hundreds of nonfiction books for beginning readers, covering topics from tomatoes to tornadoes. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and their sassy house rabbit.
 

"Unreservedly recommended for elementary school and community library Social Issues and Books in Series collections for young readers." Midwest Book Review

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The My Life With ... series presents infrequently discussed family challenges in an accessible and authentic manner that even the youngest readers can relate to. Each title offers a first-person narrative from the perspective of a real-life young person navigating a particular life experience, without shying away from tough topics. In My Life with a Blended Family, Karson shares how her family structure involves splitting time between her parents' two homes and navigating life with her stepdad and new siblings. Joseph's parents also split uló: