With simple figures and words, you learn about the different relations found in a family tree. The consistent color palette used n the book is interesting.

This book was a perfect fit for our library's "What is Your DNA?"-themed Story Time program this Fall! It's devilishly difficult to find picture books which deal with genetics and ancestry in a way that's understandable to 3-to-5-year-olds, and which is visually pleasing, and which doesn't mess up the science. In fact, most of the books I begged, borrowed, and stole in order to run that program either a) privileged readability and narrative over correct science, or b) privileged correct and THOROUGH science over narrative and readability. My closest comparison would be to Cheryl Bardoe and Jos. A. Smith's "Gregory Mandel: The Friar Who Grew Peas," and that book needed to trim more than half of its bulk in order not to lose its audience. I read these books (unexpectedly) to an audience including a professor who teaches genetics at our nearby tribal college, and she and I had a really rich conversation afterward about the difficulties of introducing young children to advanced concepts like DNA and heredity--not because the kids can't understand them until some magical threshold age has been passed, but because science communicators in general have done a poor job of writing readable books for children. Dusan Petrecic's "My Family Tree and Me" makes for a breath of fresh air in this context, and is a happy exception to that rule. It isn't, perhaps, enough to teach a whole unit of science to kindergarteners or preschoolers, but it's a great start--and visually fun and pleasing as well. I highly recommend this book to those looking to bulk out their libraries' science collections for very young readers.