Mommy, Mama and ME

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In fact, it's a little hard to tell the difference, other than by what the child itself describes, making both parents truly equal. Unlike some older titles, neither mother is attributed in either action or artwork as more "feminine" or "masculine. In artful mixtures of pastel-colored illustrations and rhythmic, playful voices, these books feature a day in a life of a lesbian and a gay couple. From hide-and-seek to dress-up, then bath time and a kiss goodnight, there's no limit to what a loving family can do together. My son loves this book and brings it to us to read constantly - I think it's going to be a favourite!

What a treat: a warm and adorably illustrated board book about a loving family which just happens to have two mums in it.

I've been pushing the boat out a little bit in playgroup lately by including books that are explicitly about diverse topics (vs. In this book she has managed to walk that fine line between being realistic and being stereotypical. The best thing about these books is a message that lies embedded at its core, one that even most adults find hard to comprehend nowadays: there’s really nothing wrong with having two homosexual parents as long as they love their child and they can provide his/her needs. CAROL THOMPSON has illustrated more than forty-five books for children, and is the recipient of the Mother Goose Award for Children's Book Illustration.

There is also a rhythmic pattern throughout the story, as the last word of the first page rhymes with the last word of the second page. Lesléa Newman is the author of 75 books for readers of all ages including the teen novel in verse, OCTOBER MOURNING: A SONG FOR MATTHEW SHEPARD; the middle grade novel, HACHIKO WAITS; the poetry collection, I CARRY MY MOTHER; the short story collection, A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK; and the children's books, A SWEET PASSOVER, THE BOY WHO CRIED FABULOUS, KETZEL, THE CAT WHO COMPOSED, and HEATHER HAS TWO MOMMIES.

Not so long ago, we heard about Peter Parnell’s controversial children’s book And Tango Makes Three, a true story about a pair of male Penguins in Central Park Zoo raising a chick. Sure, I'd love to see publishers taking a chance and creating more books of this type out there, but the stories really stand on their own merits and deserve to be considered as just great little board books in and of themselves.

The book gives children a new insight into lesbian families without using any biases or chapter oversimplification. So, for example, while you won't see the dads sporting out-of-date moustaches and earrings, at the same time these don't look like two businessmen who happen to be living in the same space. I think one of the things I like the most about this book is the fact that like that delightful And Tango Makes Three, the whole point of the book isn't wrapped up in the fact that these families have homosexual parents.The poems, written in a variety of forms (sonnet, pantoum, villanelle, sestina, terza rima, haiku, and others) are finely crafted, completely accessible, and full of startling, poignant, and powerful imagery. The illustrator Carol Thompson did a fantastic job of depicting the background with bright and beautiful drawings that followed the words down the period.

LESLEA NEWMAN is the author of over fifty books, including Heather Has Two Mommies, the first children's book to portray lesbian families in a positive way. Each page is a half bleed and just shows the mom and their child doing something with a white background to show that nothing else matters and it is all about the relationship between the mothers and child. Now Tricycle Press is taking a chance and producing some quality baby board book fare for the busy single sex family.It creates congruency which is needed in situations such as this one so the child can transition easily.