About this title: Heather is the daughter of a lesbian couple. On her first day at playgroup she learns all the different combinations of people and sexes that can make a family.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Alyson Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9781555831806ISBN:155583180X
Description: Souza, Diana, and Souza, Diane. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 32 p. Audience: Children/juvenile. Blank sticker inside cover read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Alyson Pubns, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9781555831806ISBN:155583180X
Description: 8 1/2 x 11. In very good, clean, unmarked condition. Spine uncreased. Cover shows very light wear. Heather's favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, two eyes, two ears, two hands, and two feet. Heather also has two mommies, Mama Jane and Mamma Kate. read more
Description: Fine. PAPERBACK, Alyson Wonderland, 1989, stated FIRST EDITION. NEW INSIDE! Very clean, crisp, white pages with square corners. (N) Cover shiny, very clean with sharp corners. Light scratching/rubbing. (LN) 709. read more
Description: New. When Heather goes to playgroup, at first she feels bad because she has two mothers and no father, but then she learns that there are lots of different kinds of families and the most important thing is that all the people love each other. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Alyson Books
Date Published: 2000-06-01
ISBN-13:9781555835439ISBN:1555835430
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Alyson Books
Date Published: 2000-06-01
ISBN-13:9781555835439ISBN:1555835430
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Alyson Wonderland, Boston
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9781555831806ISBN:155583180X
Description: Diana Souza. Very Good. Soft cover book in very good condition. Fourth printing of the first edition. INSCRIBED by Leslea Newman on the front free endpaper: "To the future children of Molina's, all best Leslea Newman. " Unpaged. read more
"I remember when this book got so much attention, when there was so much controversy surrounding it. When I finally read it (as an adult in my 20s), I thought it was sooooo boring. It almost put me to sleep. The drawings were boring, the plot was boring. What kid could sit through this book long enough to be corrupted? I wanted to like it, if only because it upset conservatives, but YAWN."
"Heather Has Two Mommies is a picture book in which the teacher encourages the students in her class to draw their families. The students have single-parent, lesbian parent, and step-parent families. The teacher describes to the student that the most important thing in families is love for one another. This book would be useful in a read-aloud so that the teacher can discuss the book with the students and answer any questions that they have."
"I have heard alot about this book. I am in love with banned book, and seeing as I am a queer activist, I excitedly took it out when I randomly saw it in my library. I did not like the style of the illustrations or the writing much, but I really liked the idea of the book. I kept reading it and would have given it a high rating because of it's great message, except it makes one mistake.
After we are introduced to Heather, who has two mommies, we are introduced to other children with "Different" families to learn how to tolerate them. One, Joshua, has divorced parentsz and his mother remarries. The book makes the mistake of saying he has two fathers.
As a child of divorced parents it has always offended me when people say I have two mothers or two fathers, because I DO NOT. No one can replace my mother, or my rather.
Thus, it recieved a low rating because the writing and illustrations were bad, and the content was offensive. I think it would have failed to reach children as well because it does not explain tat mama kate and mama jane, the two lesbian mothers, love each other, so children will not really learn how to be tolerant.
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