Meet My Family

by Deborah Reber

This title uses simple words and rebus pictures to help teach preschoolers how to start recognizing words as they meet all the favorite characters from "Blue's Clues". Full color.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction

24 pages, Library Binding

First published October 1, 2001

About the author

“DIFFERENTLY WIRED: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World” was released with Workman Publishing in June 2018. To sample the book, download the first chapter here.

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ABOUT DEBBIE

Deborah Reber is a New York Times bestselling author, certified life coach, and speaker who moved her career in a more personal direction in 2016 when she founded TiLT Parenting, a website, weekly podcast, and social media company for parents like her who are raising differently wired children. The TiLT Parenting Podcast has grown to be a top podcast in iTunes’ Kids and Family category, with more than 260,000 downloads and a slate of guests that includes high-profile thought leaders across the parenting and education space. Debbie’s next book is Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World (Workman Publishing, 2018).

Prior to launching TiLT, Debbie spent the past fifteen years writing inspiring books for women and teens. In doing so, she built a successful brand as a teen authority, was frequently interviewed and spoke about issues like media literacy, self-esteem, and confidence, and consulted for clients including the Girl Scouts, the Disney Channel, McGraw Hill, and Kaplan.

Debbie is no stranger to writing and publishing books. Since 1999, she’s authored many books, including Doable: The Girls’ Guide to Accomplishing Just About Anything (Beyond Words/Simon Pulse 2014), Language of Love (Simon Pulse 2012), Chill: Stress-Reducing Techniques for a More Balanced, Peaceful You (Simon Pulse 2008), In Their Shoes: Extraordinary Women Describe Their Amazing Careers (Simon Pulse 2007), the teen self-help series Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal (HCI 2005-2006), Run for Your Life: A Book for Beginning Women Runners (Perigee 2002), and more than a dozen preschool books based on the series Blue’s Clues. In 2008, she had the privilege of creating and editing the first-ever series of teen-authored memoirs with HCI Books, Louder Than Words (six books published between 2009 – 2010).

Before becoming a writer and coach, Debbie worked in TV and video production, producing documentaries and PSAs for CARE and UNICEF, working on Blue’s Clues for Nickelodeon in New York, and developing original series for Cartoon Network in Los Angeles. She has an MA in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research and a BA in Communications from Pennsylvania State University.

In the summer of 2013, Debbie moved from Seattle to Amsterdam, where she currently lives with her husband Derin, homeschools her 13-year-old son Asher, and serves as lap-of-choice for her mischievous cat, Alex. She is an avid runner, traveler, and hiker, and claims reality shows and Twizzlers as her guiltiest of pleasures.

Reviews

[Sara Bland · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun book featuring characters from the popular tv show Blues Clues. The story is sweet, but the actual style of writing is something that would be difficult to pass up with younger children. Every sentence has key sight words that are written out but then also are accompanied by a little example of the word. For example, if the sentence says "purple" there will also be a little color blob in the color purple right by the word. I would recommend this book for children in grades pre-k through kindergarten.

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Been a fan of Blue's Clues for over 15 years now and it hasn't lost its educational value one bit. Which is a plus in the technology era we are in. I am always a fan of Early Level Readers with Picture/Recognizing words. An excellent beginning for early ages. However, I can't believe I didn't know they had a turtle named Turquoise!!

[melhara · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book introducing all the characters from the original Blue's Clues (from 1996 to 2007, and not the weird-looking versions from 2008 to 2024 day)


This book was nostalgic for millennials while also doing what Blue's Clues does best - teaching kids vocabulary of basic household items!

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Part of a personal challenge to read all of my boyfriend's and his sister's childhood books before we donate and give them away.

[Meredith · Rating 2 out of 5]

This beginning reader introduces characters from the “Blue’s Clues” television series.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice Blue's Clues book to read to your kids, but it is not one I would recommend for early readers to read on their own.

[Rommel Sison · Rating 3 out of 5]

5-year-old daughter: 5 stars