Heather Has Two Mommies
10 best books like Heather Has Two Mommies (Lesléa Newman): In Our Mothers' House, And Tango Makes Three, This Day in June, I Am Jazz, 10,000 Dresses, My Princess Boy, Jacob's New Dress, The Family Book, Stella Brings the Family, Daddy's Roommate
Marmee, Meema, and the kids are just like any other family on the block. In their beautiful house, they cook dinner together, they laugh together, and they dance together. But some of the other families don't accept them. They say they are different. How can a family have two moms and no dad? But Marmee...
| Author | Justin Richardson |
| ISBN | 0689878451 |
This true story about two penguins who live in the Central Park Zoo has been creating quite a controversy. I heard about the book this morning on The View (yes, I do inevitably end up watching four women squabbling on tv when I don't have to work, and controversies like this are the reason I keep going back!)....
Named one of the Top 11 Most Challenged Books of 2018 by American Library Association (joined by Two Boys Kissing by David Leviathan, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Judy Sherman Alexie, Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner, This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay...
| Author | Jessica Herthel |
| ISBN | 0803741073 |
The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a spokesperson for transkids everywhere.
From the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl's brain in a boy's body. She loved pink and dressing up as a mermaid and didn't feel...
| Author | Marcus Ewert |
| ISBN | 1583228500 |
Every night, Bailey dreams about magical dresses: dresses made of crystals and rainbows, dresses made of flowers, dresses made of windows… Unfortunately, when Bailey's awake, no one wants to hear about these beautiful dreams. Quite the contrary: "You're a BOY!" Mother and Father tell Bailey....
| Author | Cheryl Kilodavis |
| ISBN | 0615395945 |
My Princess Boy is a nonfiction picture book about acceptance. With words and illustrations even the youngest of children can understand, My Princess Boy tells the tale of 4-year-old boy who happily expresses his authentic self by happily dressing up in dresses, and enjoying traditional girl things...
| Author | Sarah Hoffman |
| ISBN | 0807563730 |
Jacob doesn't understand why he can't wear a dress to school. "Boys don't wear dresses," one of the other boys tells him. But his mom, his teacher, and his friend Emily support his efforts to find the perfect dress to wear to school.
This book is a perfect book whether you know a "pink" boy (the male...
| Author | Todd Parr |
| ISBN | 0316155632 |
I would not read this to children, even though the message is sweet (understanding of differences and the positive attributes of families), because of issues with racism.
The illustrations employ depictions of animals and humans of unnatural (purple, green, pink, bright yellow) colors...
| Author | Miriam B. Schiffer |
| ISBN | 1452111901 |
Stella's class is having a Mother's Day celebration, but what's a girl with two daddies to do? It's not that she doesn't have someone who helps her with her homework, or tucks her in at night. Stella has her Papa and Daddy who take care of her, and a whole gaggle of other loved ones who make her feel special...
| Author | Michael Willhoite |
| ISBN | 1555831184 |
this book is FAIL.
well, let me clarify: this part is GREAT: "Mom says Daddy and Frank are gay./At first I didn't know what that meant. So she explained it./Being gay is just one more kind of love./ And love is the best kind of happiness." Lovely, appropriate, true.
but the illustrations...
| Author | Vera B. Williams |
| ISBN | 0061349739 |
A poignant, timely, and universal picture book about fear, adoption, family, and the joy of fatherhood, written by beloved and award-winning author Vera B. Williams and illustrated by the author in collaboration with two-time Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka.
After Lester is adopted...
A Family Is a Family Is a Family
| Author | Sara O'Leary |
| ISBN | 1554987946 |
When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways — but the same in the one way that matters most of all.
One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates...
| Author | Linda de Haan |
| ISBN | 1582460612 |
Once there lived a lovelorn prince whose mother decreed that he must marry by the end of the summer. So began the search to find the prince's perfect match and lo and behold... his name was Lee. You are cordially invited to join the merriest, most unexpected wedding of the year. King & King is a contemporary...
| Author | Nicholas Allan |
| ISBN | 0375830308 |
Never before have the facts of life been presented in such an accessible—or novel—way. Our hero is Willy, a little sperm who lives inside Mr. Browne with 300 million friends. Every day Willy practices for the Great Swimming Race. And when the day arrives, he swims faster than his 300 million friends...
Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story
| Author | Tomie dePaola |
| ISBN | 0142401870 |
Hace mucho tiempo?a long time ago?there lived a beautiful young woman named Adelita. So begins the age-old tale of a kind-hearted young woman, her jealous stepmother, two hateful stepsisters, and a young man in search of a wife. The young man, Javier, falls madly in love with beautiful Adelita, but...
