title: Families Have Together
author:  Harriet Ziefert 
description: PreSchool-Grade 1&ndash;The family featured in this rhyming examination of life within and outside of the home consists of Mom, Dad, and three children. Both parents work, tend to the kids, and do housework. While not always grammatically sound, the text works as an inventive poem with interesting word arrangements and pairings. Children will recognize the wordplay and appreciate lines such as "Noses have blow. Feet have grow." Some of the stranger lines, such as "Skirts have hide," rely on Zemke's color cartoon illustrations for clarity; in this case, a toddler hides behind his mother's skirt. Most of the three-word-long sentences are paired to form rhyming couplets, with some of the rhymes extending up to five lines. The book presents a warm portrayal of family life, but the format does grow a bit tedious and requires some skillfully paced reading to avoid rhyming burnout by book's end.&ndash; <I>Carol L. MacKay, Camrose Public Library, Alberta, Canada</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Witty and well-read, best friends Henrietta, Harriet, and Hero know that real
  love is rarely as simple as a fairy tale. But with the right partner, it can
  be sweeter—and even more satisfying. . .
  
  
  A single woman of means generally does not choose the company of seven
  rambunctious children over the haut ton. Yet since the tragic loss of her
  sister and brother-in-law, the Honorable Harriet Mayfield has found purpose
  and pleasure in caring for her orphaned nieces and nephews. If her unorthodox
  views about how to raise the newly minted Earl of Sedwick and his siblings put
  her at odds with their strict grandmother, well, so be it. The children’s
  uncle, Colonel Lord Quinton Burnes, however, is a far more complicated—and
  charismatic—problem . . .
  
  
  Accustomed to having his slightest word obeyed, Quint hardly knows what to
  make of the bewitching bluestocking who has taken on the role of guardian in
  his absence. Quint’s mother wants Harriet gone, the sooner the better. She