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All Books by Peggy Durbin and Steve Feldman (Illustrator) - Authors of : And Featuring Bailey Wellcom As the Biscuit
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback - 300 pages (October 20, 1999)
Little Blue Works; ISBN: 188638388X
"Children's Books for Lesbian Parents; Lesbian Parenting - Twelve-year-old Bailey Wellcom thinks that life will be Snore City when she and her mother move from Phoenix, Arizona to the little village of Lucien, New Mexico. But when she meets her best friend Stevie Z and a cattlewoman named Melody Callahan, life gets pretty exciting for Bailey and her mom!
"I sure as heck didn't get much sleep that night. I kept trying to piece everything together, like it was a giant puzzle. Some things started to make sense to me - like how they looked at each other and how shy they were with each other at first. I started feeling really stupid and nave about it, if you want to know the truth. Why didn't I see it before? The way Melody looked at my mom and how they became friends so fast, the way they held each other after the manure fire, the quiet way they talked together. And now this. Kissing."

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All Books by Nancy Garden - Author of : Holly's Secret
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover - 144 pages (September 2000)
Farrar Straus & Giroux (Juv); ISBN: 0374332738
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"Dear Diary,...Until today I was Holly Lawrence-Jones. But starting tomorrow I'm going to be Yvette Lawrence-Jones. My family doesn't know that yet, but I'll tell them tomorrow, and that's the name I'll tell the people at school, too. Yvette's going to be sophisticated and grownup-feminine enough to have white ruffled curtains, and maybe even a boyfriend. She's also going to have a NORMAL family. Kids are not going to make jokes about her and say mean things, because there won't be any reason for them to do that...
The reason for "The Plan," as Holly refers to the creation of her new self, is primarily to hide from the schoolmates in her new hometown the fact that she has two mothers who are gay. But trying to hide something so big proves to be a daunting task. Nancy Garden has written a novel infused with humor, but one that also tackles prejudice and reinforces an old saw: Honesty is the best policy."

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All Books by Keith Elliot Greenberg and Carol Halebian (Photographer) - Authors of : Zack's Story: Growing Up With Same-Sex Parents
Library Binding: 40 pages (October 1996)
Lerner Publications Company; ISBN: 082252581X
"Children's Books for Lesbian Parents; Autobiographical-like story told by young Zack about his very full and well rounded life with his lesbian parents. Illustrated with photographs."

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Eric Hoffman, Celeste Henriquez (Ill.), Eida De LA Vega (Trans.) - Best Best Colors/Los Mejores Colores - Lesbian Fiction

All Books by Eric Hoffman, Celeste Henriquez (Illustrator), Eida De LA Vega (Translator) - Authors of : Best Best Colors/Los Mejores Colores
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages (September 1999)
Redleaf Press; ISBN: 1884834698
"Children's Books for Lesbian Parents; Teaching Children About Diversity - African American, Lesbian Parents Featured as One Example. Nate has trouble deciding what his favorite color is, but his two mammas help him realize that he does not have to have a best, best color."

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Leslea Newman, Diana Souza - Heather Has Two Mommies - Lesbian Fiction

All Books by Leslea Newman and Diana Souza - Author of : Heather Has Two Mommies
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages 10th anniv edition (June 2000)
Alyson Pubns; ISBN: 1555835430
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"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.
Originally self-published in 1989, Heather Has Two Mommies became the first title in Alyson's newly formed Alyson Wonderland imprint in 1990. The simple and straightforward story of a little girl named Heather and her two lesbian mothers was created by Newman and illustrator Diana Souza because children's books that reflected a nontraditional family did not exist, but a firestorm of controversy soon ensued. Attacked by the religious right, lambasted by Jesse Helms from the floor of the U.S Senate, and stolen from library shelves, it was an uphill battle for Heather. Thanks to the overwhelming support of booksellers, librarians, parents, and children, however, Heather Has Two Mommies has sold over 35,000 copies, launched a minor industry in providing books for the children of gay and lesbian parents and, as attested to by a recent New Yorker cartoon, become part of the cultural lexicon."

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All Books by Cristina Salat - Author of : Living in Secret
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback - 192 pages 3 edition (July 1999)
Unknown; ISBN: 0916020029
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"Children's Books for Lesbian Parents; In this, virtually the only novel for middle-grade readers that deals with some of the issues confronting children of gay parents, 11-year-old Amelia runs away from her father's home to live with her mother and her mother's lover Janey in California. She must take on a new identity--because if she is discovered, her mother and Janey might be arrested. Can her secret life go on forever?"

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Judith Vigna - My Two Uncles - Lesbian Fiction

All Books by Judith Vigna - Author of : My Two Uncles
Reading level: Grades 2 - 4
School & Library Binding - 1 pages (May 1995)
Concept Books; ISBN: 080755507X
"Children's Books for Lesbian Parents; Teaching Young Kids about Same-Sex Relationships - Plans for Elly's grandparents' fiftieth wedding anniversary party are upset when Grampy refuses to invite Elly's Uncle Phil and his friend, Ned, who are gay"

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