Where can I find children’s books about LGBT adoptive families?

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We recently received this question from Ashley:

My wife and I are currently in the middle of adopting! I keep on looking for adoption books to collect and share with our future wee ones, but all of the adoption kid’s books I find always have a mommy and daddy on them. Where oh where can I find the unicorns that are two-mom adoption books?

I found a two books that are close, but they’re both about two dads. The books are pictured below:

Daddy, Papa, and Me.
How My Family Came to Be: Daddy, Papa and Me.

Surely this isn’t all the wide world of children’s lit has to offer — where can one find kid’s books about LGBT adoptive families?

Comments on Where can I find children’s books about LGBT adoptive families?

    • I was just going to suggest Todd Parr. My 10-year-old still won’t give up her battered copy of It’s Okay to Be Different, which includes being adopted and having two moms or two dads with other “different” characteristics like enjoying eating macaroni and cheese in the bathtub. Even though it’s not really about families or adoption or LGBT stuff, it affirms those things by celebrating rocking out to the beat of your own drum.

  1. Both already mentioned, but just to second them… “Tango Makes Three” and “The Family Book” by Todd Parr. My 2 year old LOVES these books and has no idea that my hidden agenda is to teach him univerasal love, acceptance, and tolerance…. muahahaha!

  2. This book is not solely about adoption, but it’s a really inclusive book about where babies come from and the families that wait for them. I love this book and plan to show it to my wife and my future children. 🙂 What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg

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