How Many Grown-Ups Do You Have?: A Book About Unconventional Families

This book , written & illustrated by local Kingston author Polina Buchan, is for children of unconventional/non-traditional families and for anyone who wants to introduce a child to the idea that families come in all shapes and sizes.

Lovingly hand-illustrated, the book features a diversity of family configurations, including queer families, multi-generational families, polyamorous families, single-parent families, co-parenting families, an adoptive family, a step-family, or a foster family. Each spread of the book describes a child's family in simple language, while making it clear that no family is "unusual".

The book also contains a brief simple-language "Family Vocabulary" as a conversation-starter about family diversity.