Me and My Family Tree [Paperback]

Where am I on my family tree? A beloved bestseller that shows children how to understand their place among their relatives, now refreshed with new art from Emma Trithart.


     Who is part of your family? How are they related to you? 

     In this edition of Me and My Family Tree, with new art by Emma Trithart, a young girl uses simple language, her own childlike drawings, and diagrams to explain how the members of her family are related to each other and to her. Clear, colorful, detailed artwork and a fill-in family tree in the back help make the parts of the family--from siblings to grandparents to cousins--understandable to very young readers.Joan Sweeneygrew up in Toledo, Ohio. She used to spend Saturday mornings taking free art classes at the Toledo Museum of Art. She has three grown-up children and five grandchildren. She wrote many more books after she first wrote Me on the Map. Joan Sweeney passed away in March 2017.

Emma Trithartgrew up in Michigan, only moving to pursue a degree in illustration from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In 2014, after many wonderful years in Minnesota, Emma waved goodbye to the snow and drove across the country to Los Angeles, where she lives today.CN