The story is told from the perspective of a little girl who is not quite satified with the simple family portrait she has drawn for her teacher with a pen on a piece of plain notebook paper. Her original drawing fails to capture her family members' true personalities, and so she sets about describing each of them through common household objects that she glues on top of watercolor bodies to create a new set of portraits. ( )

This is a great book about a girls describing her family by using items to describe them. It is humorous and it also teaches kids the use of metaphors. All children can relate this their families and it also could lead into a great project about one's family. ( )

39 months - this is a funny book and O enjoyed it so much she wanted to make her own family portraits with found items. We will have to borrow this again and do a few activities. ( )

A cute picture book using objects to make the pictures. Should get the kids thinking of different ways to create. ( )

Winner, Chickadee Award 2008-2009 ( )