Archived cover image for the Adoption Celebration / Visit the Farm activity book.
Image from archived FamiliesLikeYoursAndMine.com page via the Internet Archive.
Image sourceFamilies Like Yours and Mine: Volume 1
FamiliesLikeYoursAndMine.com
Published 2006
Book
A coloring and activity book about adoption and same-sex-parent family life.
Overview
Families Like Yours and Mine: Volume 1 is cataloged as a 2006 coloring and activity book from FamiliesLikeYoursAndMine.com. The local record identifies a green-background cover and describes a two-volume set centered on Jaxon, who has two adoptive mothers, and Jenna, who has two adoptive fathers. Archived pages from the publisher's website confirm a direct-to-family project selling coloring books and related products for lesbian and gay parents with children. The item is a careful record because its public evidence is strongest at the series and storefront level.[1][2][3][4]
Adoption Activity
The local record describes the two-volume set around adoption and everyday activities. Archived product text for the green-cover book names Adoption Celebration and Visit the Farm. That combination places legal family formation and ordinary outings in the same child-facing activity format.[1][3]
Paired Family Structure
The project repeatedly pairs Jenna and her two fathers with Jaxon and his two mothers. That structure is more than inclusive variety. It suggests a family world in which children with same-sex parents recognize one another across different household forms and different adoption stories.[2][3][1]
Small-Press Afterlife
Families Like Yours and Mine survives publicly through archived web pages, a checklist, and local collection evidence. That afterlife is typical of some LGBTQ-family books from the 2000s: they were made for a real audience, but their publication traces now depend on preservation outside ordinary trade-book channels.[2][3][4]
Timeline
- 2006Cataloged publication yearThe local catalog and later checklist evidence place the Families Like Yours and Mine volumes in 2006.[1][4]
- 2007Archived site copyrightThe archived Families Like Yours and Mine home page carries a 2007 copyright line for the project.[2]
- 2008Archived storefrontThe Internet Archive preserves the shopping page with descriptions and cover images for the coloring books.[3]
Edition And Object History
The item is part of a two-volume activity-book pair from Families Like Yours and Mine.
2006
Green-background volume
The local record identifies this item by its green-background cover and as part of the two-volume set.
2006
Companion lavender-background volume
The companion record preserves the same characters and family structures in a second activity book.
Explore Connections
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Linked records
Families Like Yours and Mine: Volume 2
The two collection items form a companion pair of coloring and activity books built around Jenna, Jaxon, adoption, food, farms, and family outings.
Families, a Coloring Book
Both records use coloring-book form to invite children's participation in representing families with same-sex parents.
Fostering and Adoption (Let's Talk About)
The Families Like Yours and Mine pair connects same-sex parenting to adoption stories and child-facing family activities.
Shared themes
Families Like Yours and Mine: Volume 2
A coloring and activity book about two adoptive families with same-sex parents.
Families, a Coloring Book
A Michael Willhoite coloring book that presents many family structures, including two mothers and two fathers.
All Families Are Different
A nonfiction activity book that explains many family forms, including families with same-sex parents.
My Family, Your Family, Our Family
A community coloring book representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parent families.
Nearby dates
Aitor tiene dos mamas
A Spanish edition of a Basque two-mother family story about school bullying, language, and public recognition.
At My House What Makes a Family is Love
An AuthorHouse picture book presenting many kinds of families, including two-mother and two-father households.
Buster's Sugartime
A Postcards from Buster book tie-in connected to a public broadcasting dispute over two-mother family representation.
Emma and the Magic Moose
A fantasy picture book about a girl, a magic journey, and a return to her two mothers.
Citation
Families Like Yours and Mine: Volume 1. FamiliesLikeYoursAndMine.com. Families Like Yours and Mine, 2006. Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children's Book Special Collection, Mechanics' Institute. Collection ID: KB-040.
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Sources
Image from archived FamiliesLikeYoursAndMine.com page via the Internet Archive.
- Local collection catalog record for Families Like Yours and Mine: Volume 1 · catalog
- Archived FamiliesLikeYoursAndMine.com home page · archive
- Archived FamiliesLikeYoursAndMine.com shopping page · archive
- Children's Books Portraying LGBT Parents checklist · bibliography