Antonio's Card / La tarjeta de Antonio
Illustrator
Cecilia Concepcion Gonzalez
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Publication Year
2005
ISBN
9780892392049
Pages
30 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
With Mother's Day coming, Antonio finds he has to decide about what is important to him when his classmates make fun of the unusual appearance of his mother's partner, Leslie.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gay/Lesbian; lesbian; lesbian adult; same-sex partnership; same-sex relationship
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Hispanic
Family Formation
mother
LGBTQ+
lesbian females
Keywords
conduct of life; mothers and sons; schools; bilingual (English/Spanish); Mother's Day; acceptance; artist
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Gonzalez, Rigoberto and Alvarez, Cecilia Concepcion, "Antonio's Card / La tarjeta de Antonio" (2005). Diverse Families. 44.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/44