What is a family? Sooner or later, as we all try to understand it, we get lost in the intricacies of kinship, trying to figure out who the great-uncle is, who the father-in-law is, what a son-in-law or daughter-in-law is, who married whom, and who, having barely come into the world, immediately becomes someone else's uncle or grandchild. The young protagonist of this fun book, accompanied by an understanding father, attempts to climb his family tree, deciphering the complicated geometry of the family from branch to branch, happy to feel part of such a large, lively, and crowded universe. And even in a very tender epilogue, that of affections, a warm simplicity stands out.

Author: Joe Lyward

Age: 5 to 6 years

Pages: 32