The Trouble with Babies
Illustrator
Cat Bowman Smith
Publisher
Holiday House
Publication Year
2002
ISBN
9780823416981
Pages
121 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Nine-year-old Holly tries to adjust to a new home with a neighbor who has just invented a de-yukkification device.
Grade Level
K-3, 3-5
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Step parent; Gay/Lesbian; step father; gay; gay fathers; gay adults; same-sex parents
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and step father; two fathers
LGBTQ+
gay males
Awards
Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, Supplement, 2003
Keywords
moving; household; neighbors; newborns; new house; San Francisco; machine; friendship
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Freeman, Martha, "The Trouble with Babies" (2002). Diverse Families. 283.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/283