This is an excellent book to teach very young children about diversity from a very young age in a normal, uncomplicated way. I feel like this will give kids the chance to realize that can still find similarities in their family in comparison to a friend who might have two dads or two moms. The million copy bestseller, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and. It shows how parents do things with the boy separately but how some things they do together, such as bathing him.

Credit to author Leslea Newman and illustrator Carol Thompson for producing not one but two titles ( Mommy, Mama, and Me and Daddy, Papa, and Me) for new families. I see the right balance as presenting LGBTQ people in a way that is within the Zone of Proximal Development of young children.It’s also a simple task that the mommy or mama do for their child that children reading this book can relate to what their parents do for them. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

They add a little extra to the story, by really showing the loving relationships between the characters. The entire point, told in part by it's absence, is that home-life is essentially the same as having two-gender parents. It is wonderful to have a book like this for young children because there is 8 words or less on each page, very easy for children to read on their own. I think that kids might have questions but I think that they would be find with the book or going off anything they might be hearing from adults in the house they could have different reactions.Mommy, Mama, and Me" is a heartwarming and beautifully illustrated children's book that lovingly portrays a same-sex family. Unlike some older titles, neither mother is attributed in either action or artwork as more "feminine" or "masculine. Newman wrote Heather Has Two Mommies, the first children's book to portray lesbian families in a positive way, and has followed up this pioneering work with several more children's books on lesbian and gay families: Gloria Goes To Gay Pride, Belinda's Bouquet, Too Far Away to Touch, and Saturday Is Pattyday. Her award-winning short story, A Letter To Harvey Milk has been made into a film and adapted for the stage. As one review put it, this book “shares the loving bond between same-sex parents and their children.

With the colorful illustrations by artist Carol Thompson the day to day life of these non-traditional families is depicted in a realistic way.Because the book is short and sweet, there was not a lot of room for different perspectives and values. Essentially you can either find translated/bilingual editions of Moreno Velo and Termenón Delgado's charming Manu series, but that's almost entirely it.