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Recommended Reading

Baby & Toddler (0-2)

1-2-3 A Family Counting Book
Author: Bobbie Combs
Illustrations: Danamarie Hosler
This counting book helps children to count from one to twenty with pictures of GLBT families.

A-B-C A Family Alphabet Book
Author: Bobbie Combs
Illustrations: Desiree Keane & Brian Rappa
A book that celebrates LGBT families as it teaches young children the alphabet.

Dad Mine
Authors: Jane Kemp and Clare Walters
Illustrations: Dawn Apperley
A book to celebrate all the different kinds of dads in the world, it has pictures of many animal dads with their kids and ends with a human dad holding his little toddler.

Daddy Kisses Board Book
Authors: Anne Gutman and George Hallensleben
Baby animals exchanging kisses with their daddies as each daddy gives his own special kiss in these celebrations of a parent’s love.

Everywhere Babies
Author: Susan Meyers
Illustrations: Marla Frazee
Babies crawling through the pages of this busy picture book, and lots of family members surround them. In addition to babies of every hue, body type and hairstyle, the illustrations show traditional, single parent, gay/lesbian and multiethnic families.

Mom Mine
Authors: Jane Kemp and Clare Walters
Illustrations: Dawn Apperley
As a celebration of all the different kinds of moms in the world this book has pictures of many animal moms with their kids and ends with a human mom holding her little toddler.

Mommy Hugs Board Book
Authors: Anne Gutman and George Hallensleben
Baby animals exchanging hugs with their mommies as each mommy gives her own special kiss in these celebrations of a parent’s love.

One Hundred is a Family
Author: Pam Munoz Ryan
Illustrations: Benrei Huang
As readers count from 1 to 100, they see pictures of many types of families doing things
together - working, playing, and having celebrations.

What Daddies Do Best
Author: Laura Numeroff
Illustrations: Lynn Munsinger
A board book showing kids that daddies can do lots of things - bake cakes, play in the park, and take you trick-or-treating. The illustrations are bright, whimsical animals portraying dads and kids.

What Mommies Do Best
Author: Laura Numeroff
Illustrations: Lynn Munsinger
A board book showing kids that mommies can do many of things. The illustrations are bright with whimsical animals portraying moms and kids.