This collection contains materials from the DIVerse Families bibliography organized by Picture Books format.
This collection contains materials from the DIVerse Families bibliography organized by format.
DIVerse Families is a comprehensive bibliography that demonstrates the growing diversity of families in the United States. This type of bibliography provides teachers, librarians, counselors, adoption agencies, children/young adults, and especially parents and grandparents needing to empower their children with materials that reflect their families.
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My Mommy Is a Boy
Jason Martinez
"My Mommy Is A Boy" is a short story of a little girl who is explaining to the reader why her female-to-male transgendered mommy looks like a boy. She explains the gender transition process in simple terms easy for a child to understand. The message she portrays is simply, that, no matter what her mommy looks like on the outside or how people perceive her family, her mommy loves her unconditionally.
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My Mother's Getting Married
Joan Drescher
Katy is not looking forward to the changes that her mother's marriage will bring.
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My Mother's House, My Father's House
C.B. Christiansen
A child describes having two different houses in which to live, "my mother's house" and "my father's house," and what it is like to travel back and forth between them.
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My Name is Blessing
Eric Walters
Based on the life of a real boy, this warm-hearted, beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Baraka, a young Kenyan boy with a physical disability. Baraka and eight cousins live with their grandmother. She gives them boundless love, but there is never enough money or food, and life is hard--love doesn't feed hungry stomachs or clothe growing bodies, or school keen minds. Baraka is too young, and, with his disability, needs too much, and she is too old. A difficult choice must be made, and grandmother and grandchild set off on a journey to see if there is a place at the orphanage for Baraka. The story begins by looking at Baraka's physical disability as a misfortune, but ends by looking beyond the disability, to his great heart and spirit, and the blessings he brings.
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My Name Is Sangoel
Karen Williams and Khadra Mohammed
Sangoel is a refugee. Leaving behind his homeland of Sudan, where his father died in the war, he has little to call his own other than his name, a Dinka name handed down proudly from his father and grandfather before him.
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My New Family: A First Look at Adoption
Pat Thomas
Explains adoption, the feelings of insecurity that such a situation may cause, and the nature of biological parents, adoptive parents, and foster parents.
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My Pal, Victor / Mi amigo, Víctor
Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Two boys enjoy the summer doing all of the things that boys do despite one boy's disability. Full story in English and again in Spanish.
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My Princess Boy
Cheryl Kilodavis
Dyson loves the color pink and sparkly things. Sometimes he wears dresses, and sometimes he wears jeans. He likes to wear his princess tiara, even when climbing trees. He's a Princess Boy, and his family loves him exactly the way he is.
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My Shape is Sam
Amanda Jackson
In a place where jobs are based on shape, Sam, who looks like a square but longs to roll like a circle, discovers his true, unique shape.
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My Sister, Alicia May
Nancy Tupper Ling
Older sister Rachel tells the story of her relationship with Alicia, her younger sister who is very different and very special because she has Down syndrome.
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My Sister Gracie
Gillian Johnson
Fabio is an only dog who longs for a brother to play with him. His owners agree, but the dog they bring home is not the frisky brother he envisioned. It is fat old Gracie, fresh from the pound. She's tired, she's shy, and worst of all, she's a girl. After boasting about a brother, how will Fabio face his friends?
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My Special Needs Family
Claudia Harrington
Lenny follows Roxy for a school project and learns about her family life as someone with special needs.
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Mysterious Traveler
Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham
Desert guide Issa finds the baby girl Mariama after a sandstorm, and raises her as his own daughter--until a young man and his protectors come seeking a guide for their dangerous journey through the Bitter Mountains.
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My Two Grandads
Floella Benjamin
Aston's granddad Harry plays the trumpet in a brass band, while Grandad Roy plays the steel drum in a steel band. But only one band can play at Aston's summer fair at school...Which band should Aston choose? Or can he find a way to bring everyone together?
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My Two Grannies
Floella Benjamin
When her two grannies want to eat different meals and tell their own stories, how can Alvina make everyone happy?
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My Two Moms
Claudia Harrington
Lenny, the class reporter, follows Elsie for a school project and learns about her life with her two moms.
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My Two Uncles
Judith Vigna
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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My Uncle's Wedding
Eric Ross
There’s so much to do now that Uncle Mike and Steve are getting married. Follow Andy on this enjoyable journey as he talks about his uncle's wedding, how it affects him, and the things he gets to do in preparation for the ceremony. You’ll laugh and smile as you read this adorable story about marriage and family.
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My Whirling Twirling Motor
Merriam Sarcia Saunders
Charlie feels like he has a whirling, twirling motor running inside him all the time and sometimes he just can’t settle. When his mom wants to talk to him, he figures he’s in trouble…but she has a surprise for him instead! Includes a Note to Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers with more information on ADHD, behavior management, and helping children focus on the positives.
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Nala's Magical Mitsiaq: A Story of Inuit Adoption
Jennifer Noah
When a blizzard prevents sisters Nala and Qiatsuk from going sledding, they end up staying home and hearing the story of Nala's adoption and learning about Inuit custom adoption instead.
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Naming Liberty
Jane Yolen
In parallel stories, a Ukrainian Jewish family prepares to immigrate to the United States in the late 1800s, and Frederic Auguste Bartholdi designs, raises funds for, and builds the Statue of Liberty in honor of the United States' centennial.
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Nathan's Wish: A Story About Cerebral Palsy
Laurie Lears
A boy with cerebral palsy helps out at a raptor rehabilitation center and is inspired himself when an owl that cannot fly finds another purpose in life.
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New Shoes
Susan Lynn Meyer
Set in the South during the time of segregation, this lushly illustrated picture book brings the civil rights era to life for contemporary readers as two young girls find an inventive way to foil Jim Crow laws.When her brother's hand-me-down shoes don't fit, it is time for Ella Mae to get new ones. She is ecstatic, but when she and her mother arrive at Mr. Johnson's shoe store, her happiness quickly turns to dejection. Ella Mae is unable to try on the shoes because of her skin color. Determined to fight back, Ella Mae and her friend Charlotte work tirelessly to collect and restore old shoes, wiping, washing, and polishing them to perfection. The girls then have their very own shoe sale, giving the other African American members of their community a place to buy shoes where they can be treated fairly and "try on all the shoes they want."
