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Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children's Book Special Collection

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Cover of I Love Ewe.

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I Love Ewe

Creator

Ash Spencer

Date

Published 2011

Format

Collection Context

A Lulu children's book using animal allegory to address same-sex love, prejudice, and adoption.

Animal allegorySame-sex loveAdoptionPrejudicePrint-on-demand books

Overview

I Love Ewe is a 2011 Lulu children's book by Ash Spencer. The local catalog describes two animal stories: one about two female sheep facing prejudice from bully goats, and another about two male bears who want to adopt an orphaned bear. Lulu's public record places the book at Mulberry Farm with Felicity, Jayne, Rasmus, and Katarina, and its keywords include gay, lesbian, bisexual, adoption, children, teddy bear, barnyard, and farm. The item is useful as a low-distribution allegory: a small, self-published book using animals to make same-sex love and adoption readable for children.[1][2][3][4]

Animal Allegory

The local description gives the book an allegorical structure. Female sheep face the hostility of bully goats, while two male bears seek to adopt an orphaned bear. That form matters because animals can soften and simplify social conflict for young readers. The story does not document one household in realist detail; it converts love, prejudice, and adoption into fable-like scenes on a farm and in a forest.[1][2]

Print-On-Demand Context

Lulu records a 36-page paperback with black-and-white interior and a 2011 publication date, along with an ebook form released the same year. Those production details are central to the record. I Love Ewe is not preserved because it was widely reviewed or institutionally prominent. It is preserved because print-on-demand made a niche child-facing story possible, and the collection benefits from showing that production layer.[2][3][4]

Adoption Thread

The male-bear story gives the item a connection to adoption books in the collection. The public Lulu keywords include adoption, and the local record describes two male bears wanting to adopt an orphaned baby bear. This makes the title useful near more direct adoption-origin stories. It also shows how the collection's adoption theme appears in several modes: realistic family narrative, photo-documentary context, and animal allegory.[1][2][4]

Timeline

  1. 2011-09-27Ebook releaseLulu records the ebook publication date as September 27, 2011.[3]
  2. 2011-12-07Paperback releaseLulu records the paperback publication date as December 7, 2011.[2]
  3. 2011Checklist listingThe public checklist lists I Love Ewe among children's books featuring LGBT family members.[4]
  4. 2010sCreator listingGoodreads groups the title under Ash Spencer's author listing.[5]

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Explore Connections

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Linked records

Print-on-demand adoption context

The Child in the Fathers' Heart

Both records use Lulu or print-on-demand circulation to address gay fathers and adoption for children.

References [2][4]

Animal and fairy-tale cluster

The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans

Both use nonrealist or fairy-tale forms to introduce same-sex family recognition to young readers.

References [4][1]

Two-father adoption origin

How My Family Came to Be: Daddy, Papa and Me

The bear-adoption story gives I Love Ewe a fable-like connection to more direct two-father adoption-origin books.

References [4][1]

Shared themes

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Adoption

The Child in the Fathers' Heart

A print-on-demand adoption-origin picture book about a child adopted by two fathers.

Adoption

The Child in the Mothers' Heart

A companion adoption-origin picture book about a child and two mothers.

Adoption

Prism: Daddy and Papa

A periodical record centered on parenting, gay fatherhood, and adoption in LGBTQ print culture.

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Citation

I Love Ewe. Ash Spencer. Lulu.com, 2011. Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children's Book Special Collection, Mechanics' Institute. Collection ID: KB-035.

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Sources

Cover image from Lulu.

  1. Local collection catalog record for I Love Ewe · catalog
  2. Lulu paperback record for I Love Ewe · publisher
  3. Lulu ebook record for I Love Ewe · publisher
  4. Checklist of Children's Books Featuring LGBT Family Members · bibliography
  5. Goodreads author page for Ash Spencer · creator_listing
  6. Lulu cover image for I Love Ewe · image