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Title:

Free to be--a family / conceived by Marlo Thomas.

Publisher:

Bantam Books,

Copyright Date:

1987

Description:

176 p. : ill. (some col.), music ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Families--Literary collections.
Children's literature.
Family life--Literary collections.
Short stories.
American poetry--Collections.
Songs.

Other Authors:

Thomas, Marlo.

Contents:

The Talk it over / Jacob Brackman. What buying this book will do / Gloria Steinem -- Free to be...a family / Sarah Durkee, Paul Jacobs -- Boy meets girl plus one / Peter Stone -- A tale of three Ralphs / Miriam Minkowitz -- Friendly neighborhood / Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty -- Another Cinderella / Norman Stiles -- Little Abigail and the beautiful pony / Shel Silverstein -- Some things don't make any sense at all / Judith Viorst -- Stevie / John Steptoe -- I'll fix Anthony / Judith Viorst -- It's not my fault / Sarah Durkee, Christopher Cerf -- The right family / Sarah Durkee -- Crowded tub / Shel Silverstein -- In my room / Bobby Gosh -- My grandma / Letty Cottin Pogrebin -- And Superboy makes 3 / Mark Saltzman, edited by Joe Orlando -- The entertainer / Jeff Moss -- I'm never afraid (to say what's on my mind) / Sarah Durkee, Christopher Cerf -- Letters from camp / Sarah Durkee -- Two can play the same game / Mavis Jukes -- A father like that / Charlotte Zolotow -- The day Dad made toast / Sarah Durkee -- The stupid song / Robin Batteau -- Talk it over / Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman.
Afterword / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Stephen Bruton, Glen Clark, Billy Swan -- The night we started dancing / Ann Cameron -- The little boy and the old man / Shel Silverstein -- Twanna and me / Orlando Perez -- Like me / Emily Kingsley -- The biggest problem (is in other people's minds) / Don Haynie -- Cross your fingers / Mavis Jukes -- Jimmy says / David Buskin, Abra Bigham -- Doris knows everything / Whoopie Goldberg -- Yourself belongs to you / The Fat Boys, with Jimmy Glenn -- Lily Tomlin's Edith Ann in And that's the truth / Jane Wagner -- On my pond / Kermit the Frog, with Sarah Durkee, Christopher Cerf -- All us come cross the water / Lucille Clifton -- Something for everyone / Carol Hall -- The kingdom with no rules, no laws, and no king / Norman Stiles -- The turn of the tide / Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman -- We need a bigger turkey / Norman Stiles, Christopher Cerf -- We and they / Lucille Clifton -- Thank someone / Sarah Durkee, Paul Jacobs -- Music for the songs in Free to be...a family -- Afterword / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Summary:

A collection of stories, poems, and songs about different types of families and family relationships.

ISBN:

9780553052350
0553052357

LCCN:

87047581

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