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Love Makes a Family

By Sophie Beer
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This fun, inclusive board book celebrates the one thing that makes every family a family... and that's LOVE! Now a modern classic, Love Makes a Family is the bestselling board book from the creator of Kindness Makes Us Strong. Whether you have two mums, two dads,... Read More
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The smash-hit board-book sensation about family diversity for babies and toddlers!

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This fun, inclusive board book celebrates the one thing that makes every family a family... and that's LOVE! Now a modern classic, Love Makes a Family is the bestselling board book from the creator of Kindness Makes Us Strong.

Whether you have two mums, two dads, one parent, or one of each, there's one thing that makes a family a family... and that's love! Celebrate family diversity in this brightly coloured, exuberant board book by award-winning illustrator Sophie Beer.

Babies and toddlers will love discovering the different ways families show their love, from an early-morning wake-up to a kiss before bed. This simple preschool read-aloud demonstrates that what's most important in each family's life is the love they share.

Featuring an inclusive range of families, parents and cultures, readers young and old will love seeing themselves and their communities gathered together. With rounded edges and sturdy pages, this high-quality board book will be plenty of fun for little hands!

The perfect board book for:

  • Babies and toddlers aged 0–3 years
  • Rainbow and queer families
  • Modern families celebrating the arrival of their new baby
  • Gift-givers for pregnancy and baby showers

Explore more gorgeous Sophie Beer stories from Bright Light:

  • Kindness Makes Us Strong
  • Change Starts with Us
  • You're Fabulous As You Are
  • How to Say Hello
  • Twelve Days of Kindness
  • Welcome, Little One
  • Mama Bear and Me
  • You're a Rainbow, Baby (coming soon!)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761216923

Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Format: Board book

Date Published: 29 July 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: Bright Light Books

Edition: Board Books, Reformat

Illustration: Full-colour Illustrations

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 180.0mm

Height: 180.0mm

Weight: 259g

Pages: 24

Collections

Children's Board Books Children's Books Children's Early Years Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Sophie Beer

About the Author

Sophie Beer is an award-winning author and illustrator based in Brisbane, Australia. She works primarily in children's books, having published with Penguin Random House, Simon and Schuster, Walker, Scholastic, Hardie Grant and many more. As an illustrator, she has worked with Disney/Pixar, Google and the Sydney Opera House, and she has collaborated with Myer for her own line of children's homewares. When she's not illustrating and writing, she thinks a lot about plants, animals, music, books and social justice.

There are nearly a million Sophie Beer books in print across Australia, New Zealand, and North America.

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