My Family Member

My Family Member or just My Family series is a four-part series of illustrated children's books, written and illustrated by Anthony Browne. The series is composed of My Dad (2000), My Mum (2005), My Brother (2007) and Our Girl (2020).

The book received translations into many languages.

The books follow a similar format—in the first three volumes, an unseen child is introducing and praising their respective family members; in the last volume, an adult family member is similarly praising their young daughter.

The series features many illustrations of human-animal hybrids, through which children associate stereotypical animal characteristics with human abilities and concepts. For example, in the first volume, the dad "eats like a horse, swims like a fish, is as strong as a gorilla", and so on. Consistency is achieved through continues use of the same characteristic clothing for the portrayed characters, as well as a unified linguistic and visual style throughout the entire four-volume series.

Browne noted that his memories about his family members were an important inspiration in creation of the series. The inspiration for the first book in the series, in particular, was the author's discovery of his father's gown which reminded him of his figure. Browne also noted that while the character of the dad is a bit silly and clownish, he was more cautious with portraying the mother figure, whom he tried to make more admirable instead.