The Family Quiz
A celebration of you, me and every kind of family!
Published on 9. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-5266-2794-0 (ISBN)
Description
**'Joyfully inclusive. A celebration of families of every shape and size' - The Bookseller**
Who's ready to answer the family quiz?
Let's try to work out what a family is!
Is your family big or small? Noisy or quiet?
Is it full of singing and hugs? Or dancing and dogs?
Is it one you were born into? Or one that found you?
This joyfully inclusive picture book celebrates every kind of family - and the love that lies at the heart of each one. From Robert Tregoning, Polari Prize-shortlisted author of Out of the Blue, with stunning illustrations by the award-winning Yasmeen Ismail.
Who's ready to answer the family quiz?
Let's try to work out what a family is!
Is your family big or small? Noisy or quiet?
Is it full of singing and hugs? Or dancing and dogs?
Is it one you were born into? Or one that found you?
This joyfully inclusive picture book celebrates every kind of family - and the love that lies at the heart of each one. From Robert Tregoning, Polari Prize-shortlisted author of Out of the Blue, with stunning illustrations by the award-winning Yasmeen Ismail.
Reviews / Votes
A joyfully inclusive picture book that gets children to talk about their homes, whether they be bustling and loud, small and loving, somewhere they were born into or somewhere that found them. * The Bookseller *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: Up to 5 years
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 246 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
196 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-2794-0 (9781526627940)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Robert Tregoning studied at the Glasgow School of Art before leaping in to a career on the West End stage. He has appeared in stage shows including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes, and the Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda the Musical.
As an LGBTQ+ writer, Robert hopes to help children and adults alike to accept and celebrate all that makes us uniquely ourselves. The stories Robert writes are stories he wishes he could have read as a child. He hopes they provide a voice of recognition, validation and kindness to those who need it.
Irish-born, Bristol-based Yasmeen Ismail is an award-winning author, illustrator and animator. Her first picture book, Time for Bed, Fred, won the V&A Best Illustrated Book Award and the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. She has illustrated over 15 books, including Specs for Rex and My Brother is an Avocado.
As an LGBTQ+ writer, Robert hopes to help children and adults alike to accept and celebrate all that makes us uniquely ourselves. The stories Robert writes are stories he wishes he could have read as a child. He hopes they provide a voice of recognition, validation and kindness to those who need it.
Irish-born, Bristol-based Yasmeen Ismail is an award-winning author, illustrator and animator. Her first picture book, Time for Bed, Fred, won the V&A Best Illustrated Book Award and the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. She has illustrated over 15 books, including Specs for Rex and My Brother is an Avocado.