Barbara Delinsky: Family Tree - Groups

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Biracial-Multiracial-Transracial-Interracial: Culture & Diversity 159 books / 128 members / 312 posts Discuss and broaden your knowledge of yourself and of the people around you, wherever you are in the world. In this group we read and exchange our thoughts about what is important to us when it comes to matters of race and the societies we live in, and how these issues related to racial mixtures are represented in books, both fiction and non-fiction.

We are interested in our own racial identities, whether "coffee", "vanilla" or "chai tea", and what it means when our families are racially mixed--whether that means by birth we are multiracial or by family of choice. We read and discuss books that deal with questions such as-- which racial group do we identify with when we are from more than one? -- what do we call ourselves? -- does how we identify change when the social or geographical context changes? -- how does a child relate to his/her mother/father who doesn't look them? -- what happens to kids who are adopted by parents who don't look like them? -- how does it work to love/date/marry someone from a different ethnic and racial group?

This group has "given birth" to two other fantastic groups here on Shelfari:

SHADES OF LOVE For an amazing collection of multicultural and multiracial children's books, and some lively discussion about them, please visit the Shades of Love: Multicultural Children's Books & Literature Group, which is the "child" of this group, for books & reading resources for transracial kids and families, as well as for those who want some diversity and representation on their children's reading menu.

DIVERSITY WORKS For broader issues of diversity (race as well as gender, class, sexuality, etc.) please visit the page of our sibling group, Diversity Works.

CELEBRATING ADOPTION is our sibling group and has two wonderful shelves of books for children and for adults. We are doing a group read over there too so please check us out!

Books that work well for Reading Groups/Book Clubs 63 books / 186 members / 217 posts Because I love to read, a few years ago I started a neighborhood book club. What books have worked well for your reading group? Which sparked a good discussion? (Sometimes a not-so-good book can make for dynamite interaction around the table). Which books would you recommend for a reading group--and why?

Now--I know all you authors out there will be tempted to add your books to our shelf, but our shelf is for books that have been read by and worked well for reading groups. Resist the urge for self-promotion, please, and I'll try to do the same. :-) (Disclaimer: My club has read one of my books, but that was a special occasion.) Happy reading! (And if you're not in a book club, feel free to join us anyway!)

Adult Adoptees 54 books / 18 members / 99 posts This site was created to discuss issues about adoption. Anyone who is part of the adoption triad can join: adoptee, birth parents, and adoptive parents. Even foster parents and those thinking of adopting. Feel free to discuss and ask question. Use this site as your own as long as you are respectful of everyone's feelings! Please feel free to add any books that you feel relevant to adoption to our shelf. Thanks Administrator

What I have read so far in 2008 51 books / 37 members / 59 posts This is for anyone who is not only an avid reader but an avid searcher of something else good to read. Please post anything you have read this year good or bad so that others can benefit from your point of view.

Mommy Book Club 35 books / 5 members / 5 posts We are a (small) group of moms who like/love to read.

We got tired of reading Good Night Moon all the time and decided we needed to start reading "grown-up" books. Not only is it good for us, but we are setting a great example for our children.

At first we included non-fiction, but we found out that we had much more fun reading fiction that we try to keep our focus there.

Check out our book shelf and join us if you'd like!

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Family Tree

by Barbara Delinsky

Overview: Groups