Family Benefits! We Blend Well Together by Patrice Shavone Brown

Caleb worries out loud that he doesn't remember his mom and dad together.

"I hate it: the other parents of other kids at school are together." he tells his mother.

It's not like he's lonely, he admits. Caleb lives with his mom, step-father, sister, and brother.

And on weekends, at his dad's house, he has a brother to play with. But somehow he still feels like he's missing something.

But his mom points out that, unlike some of those kids at school, Caleb has a BIG family--four parents and lots of siblings.

"At your soccer game your blended family was there! Were you happy?"

Not every kid gets his own cheering cheering section. Mom tells him. And when he wins an award at school, he has a whole group of fans to clap for him. At graduation his family made up a crowd all by themselves. The more the merrier! And--when Christmas time comes around...

"The bigger your family, the more you get!"

There is plenty to celebrate in a family that blends well, in Patrice Brown's We Blend Well Together. Families come in all kinds, and there are plenty of blended families around to show that it takes all kinds to make a world--and a lot of love. Patrice Brown's book helps kids in combined family formats learn to appreciate the advantages that come with a loving extended family.