Here's the review I submitted on this book:
A traditional family is not even acknowledged in this book!, April 30, 2005
Reviewer: Felix the cat - See all my reviews
I can't imagine any normal person giving this book rave reviews. It highlights every dysfunctional family imaginable and suggests it's "normal". It has nearly every "family" configuration EXCEPT a normal, heterosexual male, female, married with children.
This book is everything normal people reject and discourage their kids from seeking. It belongs in the circular file near your desk or better yet, a shreader would serve it well. It deserves -5 *****
Why don't you write a review of this trash? Here's the link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/write-a-review.html/103-7719939-4006241
They know exactly what they are doing in aiming this *hit to ages 3-7. Often I have to tell my daughter that we can't marry and she can't marry her Daddy. Girls don't marry girls, their mothers or fathers but someday she'll meet a nice young man and they she'll marry.
Good review. And thanks for the link to the add a review. Everyone should write one.
The link isn't working. Amazon has run into a 'technical' problem, so they say. Doubtless they don't want anymore FR reviews......and just when I had a 'good' one to give.
It's great to have another book for kids on this very under-represented subject in literature. I do read this book to my kids but change some of the wording as I go.
This book is written nicely for a parent with biological kids who now has a same-sex spouse.
For those of us who built our families WITH our same-sex spouse, this book can confuse our kids.
The author never refers to "my two fathers" or "my two mothers"...it's always "dad and his PARTNER."
That just doesn't apply for my family but we're so used to substituting words in books that the inconvenience is minimal...until my kids can read themselves
Great review. I recommended it as helpful.