A Tale of Two Mommies

I wish I could have loved this book, as it is so important to have more and more books featuring queer families. Instead, I was deeply disappointed by this book.

This book is all about the hetero-normative way of thinking of what a ‘women' does and what a ‘man' does, and applies it to a same-sex family. Straight people need to feel reassured by putting things into a box, with questions like: “which mom teaches you how to bike, which mom watches movies with you, which mom puts a bandage on you when you're hurt...“

This is not how kids behave!! Kids simply don't care about those questions! They may ask one of those questions, but not continuously for 24 pages! They would have changed topic a long time ago and would have simply played at the beach, like kids play at the beach and parents watch over them.

It feels like the perpetuation of “who is the masculine one in a lesbian couple”, “who does what”, and it is hurting, and utterly wrong.

~also, stop cutting women's heads on illustrations.

Thank you NetGalley and VanitaBooks, LLC for providing me with a free digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Read and reviewed: 2018-10-29

Review posted at the Arroz Con Leche Blog.

Two reviews in One. A Tale of Two Daddies and A Tale of Two Mommies.

These two books were truly a fun read. The reality is that our world is constantly changing and with more and more same sex couples raising children of their own, it's important for all children to be taught that different is ok but that “different” is not that different at all. These books do just that.

In each of the books we have a little girl being raised by daddies and a little boy being raised by mommies. Each has curious friends who are asking which parent does what in their household.

I personally enjoyed reading A Tale of Two Daddies more than A Tale of Two Mommies. I found the rhyming and the flow to be executed a bit better with the daddies and the illustrations were great for both books. Overall, I think these books serve their purpose, although, I do think that it would be best for smaller children. I think older kids would pose tougher questions but for smaller kids, these books are the right fit.

Copies of each book were provided by Vanita Books via NetGalley.