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Read Along With Me Picture Books: What Is a Family?

3 minutes 14 seconds

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Still image from: Read Along With Me Picture Books: What Is a Family?

All the way from A to Z, this colorful alphabet primer celebrates all kinds of diverse families and gives each animal family a name. With dolphins and their pods, iguanas and their messes, and kitties and their litters, it’s easy to learn about what makes a family. Based on the children's book by Annette Griffin.

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Runtime: 3 minutes 14 seconds

Topic: Arts, Home and Family, Literature
Subtopic: Animal Stories, Children's Literature, Family Life, Storytelling
Grade/Interest Level: Ps - 3
Release Year: 2023
Producer/Distributor: Familius Publishing
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The bank of a river, lake, or stream with driftwood and bright green ferns.

Woman signs in front of a 2-page view of a storybook illustration of a green chameleon on a green leaf and a yellow chameleon on a yellow leaf. Story text appears on screen.

Two young children reach through a barbed wire fence to pet a friendly donkey on a farm.

Three male lions lounge on top of a rock, basking in the sun.

Dr. Brady Barr holds a handful of long grass in his hands. On the other side of a metal fence, a large hippo opens its mouth wide at him.

Dr. Brady Barr smiles at us as he holds a yellow and black Tiger Salamander in his hands.

Howler monkey perched on a tree branch as it howls.

Jaguar sitting, hunched over, with its mouth open like it is yawning.

Elephant with one tusk stands next to two dirt piles in a field. Two other elephants, one with a visible tusk, stand in the distance.