Miller, Lucie. Families in Our Neighborhood. Lisa Hunt, Illus. Pull Ahead Readers: Let’s Look at Families – Fiction. Lerner, 01/2026. 16pp. Reader. PLB $27.99. 979-8-7656-8992-9. Paper $8.99. 979-8-3480-2852-7. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.
SERIES REVIEW: The Pull Ahead Readers series consists of sets of paired titles. Half of the set’s titles are designated as fiction, with color digital illustrations, while the others are nominally nonfiction with color photographs. Designed as pairings on the same topic, each title is straightforward, with one or two short sentences per page, targeting early readers. This twelve-book set focuses on families, showing a variety of family configurations, types of homes, and ways to travel to school. Each title is diverse, including people and families from all over the world. The color photographs in the nonfiction titles show real people and families, while the digitally-drawn, fictional illustrations also depict diverse families participating in similar activities as in its companion nonfiction title. These simple readers can be read on their own, in pairs, or as a complete set.
Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library