Dad David, Baba Chris and Me
Illustrator
Rachel Fuller
Publisher
Turnaround
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9781905664894
Pages
19 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
This brightly illustrated book for children aged 5-10 years old tells Ben’s story about his ordinary life. Ben was adopted by his gay parents – Dad David and Baba Chris – when he was four years old, and they live happily together in an ordinary house, on an ordinary street and do ordinary things.
Grade Level
K-3; 3-5
Diversity Topics
Family Relationship; Culture/Ethnicity; Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Adoption; Bicultural; Multicultural; Biracial; Interracial; Gay/Lesbian; adoptive parents; two cultures; bicultural family; multicultural community; biracial family; interracial marriage; two races; gay; gay fathers; two fathers
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
Afircan American / Indian / White
Family Formation
two fathers
LGBTQ+
male/male
Keywords
school; teacher; ordinary lives; family love; questions about sexuality
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Merchant, Ed, "Dad David, Baba Chris and Me" (2010). Diverse Families. 1228.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1228