Daddy, Papa, and Me

by Leslea Newman, Carol Thompson (Illustrator)

Overview

A heartwarming board books about gay parents! A great purchase for new parents and new babies alike, and the perfect gift to show your love for daddy, pappa and more!

Rhythmic text and illustrations with universal appeal show a toddler spending the day with its daddies. 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.

Share the loving bond between same-sex parents and their children in this hearttwearming story of family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781582462622
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	06/09/2009
Pages:	20
Sales rank:	411,209
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.42(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

LESLÉA 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. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.


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. She lives in Ashby de la Zouch, England.

Editorial Reviews

PreS—These board books show same-sex parents engaged in daily activities with their children. In Daddy, the men play with their toddler—dress-up, paper-airplane flying, strumming and drumming instruments, and having a tea party. Mommy and Mama spend the day at the park—going down the slide, riding the merry-go-round, playing hide-and-seek. The soft, realistic illustrations expand the simple texts.—Linda Staskus, Parma Regional Library, OH

School Library Journal

As the title indicates, a smiling tot describes his role within a nurturing twodad family. In rhyming text, "Daddy helps me paint the sky. / Papa helps me bake a pie," and so on till bedtime. Thompson provides warm, mixedmedia illustrations of the happy trio against clean white backgrounds as they play and keep house together. Together with the corresponding Mommy, Mama, and Me (9781582462639), it gives children with singlesex parents validation of their family structures in a healthy, positive way. Although it's not mentioned in the text, the illustrations in each one gently point to mixedrace households as well. Toddlers with two moms or two dads don't care about gender politics, they care about love, and this is what these two books give them. (1236 mos.)

Kirkus Reviews