Mommy, Mama and ME

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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. I enjoyed this book because it was very simplistic, easy for early readers to read and comprehend, and can be extended to early elementary students as a mini lesson to guide discussion around various family units. It's a great world building book for a kid whether your kid has two mommies or you are a single parent or whatever else. Mommy, Mama, and Me is a children's picture book written by Lesléa Newman and illustrated by Carol Thompson which focus on a family with two lesbian parents.

Her literary awards include poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation. You can almost feel the giddiness of Mommy on the merry-go-round or the whoosh of Mama and the child as they shoot down the slide. Because the book is short and sweet, there was not a lot of room for different perspectives and values. Mommy, Mama, and Me depicts the gentle, nurturing relationship of a lesbian couple and their little one. Only in that book a slightly older toddler runs, plays, and eventually tuckers out an exhausted Daddy and Papa.In fact the books didn’t even touch the sensitive issues of homosexuality, they just zeroed in on the loving relationship between mothers, fathers, and children. The premise of the story is quite simple – it's just a day two mothers spend with their child playing at the playground and then their bedtime ritual at home. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. With the colorful illustrations by artist Carol Thompson the day to day life of these non-traditional families is depicted in a realistic way.

Newman is a popular guest lecturer, and has spoken on college campuses across the country including Harvard University, Yale University, the University of Oregon, Bryn Mawr College, Smith College and the University of Judaism. This is an excellent book to teach very young children about diversity from a very young age in a normal, uncomplicated way. In fact, the gentle rhythm of the words and unfolding of routine would make this an excellent bedtime book – and, handily, it all ends up on a goodnight kiss.

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.

The author avoided the use of negative stereotypes, since she has vast experience in writing about LGBTQQ characters, particularly lesbian characters. Yet parents who start reading to their kids early find that their children are better readers later on down the road. As one review put it, this book “shares the loving bond between same-sex parents and their children. Pioneer Gay and lesbian author Leslea Newman's newest books Mommy, Mama and Me and Daddy, Papa and Me offer a board book option for loving same-sex families.This story is perfect to show young children the diversity of different families around them, and that some families can have two mommies in them. The language is suitable for young children and the illustration relates to the age group that would most likely be reading it. If you are concerned about the health and wellbeing of yourself or children in your care, you should always consult an appropriate healthcare professional. As a result, sometimes board books are simplified adaptations of already existing picture books, and sometimes they are written with the intention of beginning and ending their lives as board books (though if you're Sandra Boynton, sometimes you'll see the rare board book to picture book crossover).