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About the pagination of this eBook Due to the unique page numbering scheme of this book, the electronic pagination of the eBook does not match the pagination of the printed version. To navigate the text, please use the electronic Table of Contents that appears alongside the eBook or the Search function. For citation purposes, use the page numbers that appear in the text. B R I TA N N I C A DI SC OV ER Y LIBRARY 2 A U D E O M N Y In this book, you will: learn new words. answer interesting questions about your family, friends, and yourself. find fun activities at the back of the book. C HICAGO L ONDON N EW D ELHI PARIS S EOUL S YDNEY TAIPEI T OKYO I am just me. But you and I together make two—me and you. 2 We two could be friends. Or we could be two people in the same family. 3 How m brothe any r you h s do ave? What their n are ames? y man w Ho ers do sist have? you at are Wh ames? rn thei We could be brother and sister… sister and sister…or brother and brother. 4 We could be mom and me, or dad and me. 5 We might be a cousin and me, an aunt or an uncle and me, or me and grandma or grandpa. Do yo u any co have us What ins? their n are ames? Do y ou ha ve a pe Wha t? t is name its ? Do yo u any a have unts o r unc What les? are t name heir s? 6 e u hav Do yo rents? pa grand re their a What s? name We could even be my pet and me! 7 All of us together make a family. Families come in all sizes. A small family might have just two or three people. Other families are more medium-sized. 8 9 Some families are really big! How m a peopl ny e are there in your family ? What are their name s? 10 In many families, parents, grandparents, and lots of kids might live together in the same house. Pets might be part of the family too. Families are important to everyone. 11 Because your family loves you, they want you to be happy. They want to protect you from danger. They want to keep you safe. Being part of a family makes us feel safe. Even if a family has only a mom or a dad and just one child, it is still a safe place to be. 12 13 e som e r a d t n Wha s you a elp h y a ily w e r fam r outsid u o y e h ot rom each away f or e? hom People in a family help each other. They help with chores around the house. What some are you d chores oa the ho round use? 14 They help each other outside the house too. They help when you feel hurt or frightened. Who i n your family helps y when ou you feel h u or afr rt aid? 15 What things new learni are you ng to do? The people in your family will help you learn new things about the world. 16 Wh somet at is hin you w g new ant learn? to They will help you with things you are learning to do. The people in our family are the people we know best. 17 Who peopl are some e yo aroun u know neigh d your borho od? We know lots of people outside the family too. We have friends and neighbors. 18 We have teachers, and we know lots of people who work at other jobs. Do yo u ha teache ve a r? What i s y ou teache r ’s na r me? 19 Our best friends are like another kind of family. Can you find the two pieces of each picture that put the friends back together? We have lots of fun with our best friends. They are people we like to spend time with. 20 Make u about p a story the pe op in one of the le se pictur es. 21 You might find your best friend right in your own family! Best friends are people who like us very much and treat us nicely. They laugh when we a