Celebrating Families
Rosmarie Hausherr
A Scholastic photo-illustrated nonfiction book in which children introduce many forms of family life.
Family diversityDocumentary photographyClassroom social studies
Families In Picture Books
Picture books that make family structure legible to young readers through everyday scenes, school forms, weddings, bedtime, and classroom conversation.
Asha’s Mums
Rosamund Elwin and Michele Paulse; illustrated by Dawn Lee
A Canadian picture book in which a school permission form brings a two-mother family into public view.
Two mothersSchool permission formCanadian lesbian publishing
And Tango Makes Three
Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell; illustrated by Henry Cole
A Simon & Schuster picture book based on two male chinstrap penguins at the Central Park Zoo and the chick they helped hatch.
Same-sex animal pairsTwo fathersCentral Park Zoo
Uncle Bobby's Wedding
Sarah S. Brannen
A picture book about a same-sex wedding whose gentle family story became part of public library challenge history.
Same-sex weddingGay unclesChallenged books
In Our Mothers' House
Patricia Polacco
A two-mother family picture book with adoption, multiracial family, access-case, and edition-afterlife contexts.
Two mothersAdoptionMultiracial family
Mommy, Mama, and Me
Lesléa Newman; illustrated by Carol Thompson
A board book placing a toddler and two mothers inside everyday care.
Two mothersBoard booksEveryday care
Daddy, Papa, and Me
Lesléa Newman; illustrated by Carol Thompson
A board book placing a toddler and two fathers inside everyday care.
Two fathersBoard booksEveryday care
Stella Brings the Family
Miriam B. Schiffer; illustrated by Holly Clifton-Brown
A Chronicle Books picture book in which a Mother's Day classroom event prompts a child with two dads to bring her wider family.
Two fathersMother's DayClassroom family celebrations