Molly's Family
Illustrator
Sharon Wooding
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication Year
2004
ISBN
9780374350024
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
The members of Ms. Marston's kindergarten class are cleaning and decorating their room for the upcoming Open School Night. Molly and Tommy work on drawing pictures to put on the walls. Molly draws her family: Mommy, Mama Lu, and her puppy, Sam. But when Tommy looks at her picture, he tells her it's not of a family. "You can't have a mommy and a mama," he says.
Grade Level
PK-1
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gay/Lesbian; lesbian; lesbian mothers; lesbian adults; same-sex relationship; children of gay parents
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
two mothers
LGBTQ+
lesbian females
Awards
Capitol Choices, 2005 Ages (7-11)
Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, Supplement, 2005
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, 2006
Gay and Lesbian Themes and Topics in Selected Children's and Young Adult Books, 2009 Gay and Lesbian Parents/Alternative Families: Picture Books
Keywords
school; kindergarten; open school night; open house; family pictures; cleaning; dog
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Garden, Nancy, "Molly's Family" (2004). Diverse Families. 335.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/335