How My Family Came to Be: Daddy, Papa and Me
Illustrator
Mike Motz
Publisher
New Family Press
Publication Year
2003
ISBN
9780974200804
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Examines how to be a family when adopted by a gay couple.
Grade Level
PK-1
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Adoption; Interracial; Gay/Lesbian; adopted child; adoptive parents; interracial/transracial adoption; interracial family; same-sex parents; gay; gay parents; gay fathers
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
African American / White
Family Formation
two fathers
LGBTQ+
gay males
Keywords
new parents; process; babies
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Aldrich, Andrew, "How My Family Came to Be: Daddy, Papa and Me" (2003). Diverse Families. 284.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/284