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Summary: Brave book!
Review: I cannot believe that this is still considered such a controversial book. I was a teenager when it came out and found myself amused but not really interested in the subject matter. Now I am a mother with a gay brother-in-law, and I really want my son to understand that families come in all different types. The bottom line is the love is the same, and this book really helps convey that idea. I also give this book as a gift quite often, to rave reviews.
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Summary: Heather has 2 mommies
Review: I found the detail that this book went into about artificial insemenation outrageous! It is extremely unappropriate for little children! This book should be banned from all shelves in Centerville Althought the overall message was nice, the detail is far too through fro young children. It was horrible having to explain this to my son Johnny.
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Summary: Writing from experience
Review: I had this book as a child, and I absolutely loved it. The style of art allowed me to color it in as if it were a coloring book as I read the wonderful story. Heather is a very happy child, and she loves both of her mothers... and they love her too. That's really what's important.Highly reccomended. I read it again and again... I own it to this day.
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Summary: Political Activism Cloaked as a Children's Storybook
Review: I have a sister-in-law who is a lesbian and I was searching for a resource to help explain this to my 3 year old son. It's not a children's story at all. It's a political statement. The plot is boring and the black and white drawings are not at all engaging. They do little to support the story line. There is too much sexuality for young children. After reading this nonsense, I understand why so many people wish to ban it! There are better ways to cover this topic.
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Summary: Loved it, hated it
Review: I recently got "married" to my wyfe. Her 4 yo daughter is trying to understand, but she lives with her father who is less than encouraging. We bought this as an aid for her and had 2 problems. 1, the names were hard to pronounce and grasp for her-we have never met anyone who were so named.
2, she did not have the benefit of being conceived as shown, so we needed to alter it some. I would love to see another book about the subject, one a child can truely grasp, more easily read by the child or to it.
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Summary: Heather has two mommies
Review: I think this book has a wonderful message that every child's family is different. I really liked how it showed that the children in the daycare drew pictures of their families. I was DISAPPOINTED in how much detail the book went into with artificial insemination. This book is rated for all age groups, this is outrageous. I am a preschool teacher and I would never read the details of the book, despite the overall message. I think the authors could have left the adult language and details out while still maintaining their message.
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Summary: An Eye Opener
Review: It's really interesting how the author, Leslea Newman portrayed not only homosexuality but the understanding that there are different types of families out there. It clearly teaches acceptance and open-mindness to kids. This is the first book on this topic that I've ever read and I would definitely recommend this book to parents in trying to introduce the concept of awareness to kids in understanding things that they don't think is normal, just because they don't come across it daily. The only thing that I think they could have improved on was using colored pictures instead of black and white, to catch more of the kids attention to the story. Overall, it is a great book, I wish more books like this are publish to minimize stereotypes and promote awareness.
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Summary: Great Baby Present!
Review: My now 13 year old daughter was given a copy of the first edition and printing. Now, when other lesbian couples have kids, it is her standard baby present. She found it a great book, and has shared it with her pre-school class, her elementary school class, and even her grandparents!
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Summary: 10th Edition does NOT include insemination info
Review: Several of the one-star reviews here refer to a different edition of this book. This edition (10) does not have anything about artificial insemination (to appease those who were offended). It is just a simple story showing lots of different families... not very in depth, not much to it, but a nice, "feel good" story line. I did not see ANY overt sexuality or "inappropriate" topics at all, as was mentioned by one or two of the other reviewers. I have not seen other editions so I cannot comment about those.
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Summary: Should be in color, but an important book to consider
Review: The illustrations should be in color to interest children. The edition I have does not have the artificial insemination part. While controversial, that part would be important for older children. It was not shocking at all; just straightforward.
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