Uncle Bobby's wedding / words by Sarah S. Brannen ; pictures by Lucia Soto.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : Little Bee Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First EditionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781499810080
- 1499810083
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Picturebook | Family & Pets | BRANNEN SARAH S. | Available | 33111009755071 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Family & Pets | BRANNEN SARAH S. | Available | 33111010404081 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Chloe's favorite uncle is getting married, and she's not happy about it. But after a magical day with Uncle Bobby and his boyfriend, Jamie, Chloe realizes she's not losing an uncle, but gaining one. Selected by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best picture books of 2020 and by the American Library Association as a 2021 Rainbow Book List title, celebrate family with this gorgeous picture book.
Featured on Bank Street's Best Books of the Year list .
"A joyous, heartwarming, sweet-and essential-update." Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
"Those we love, [Soto] and Brannen show, needn't change just because they love someone else, too-there's plenty of room in the human heart." Publishers Weekly
"A large-hearted affirmation of society's newest kind of wedding." Booklist
"Valiant, valid, validating, valuable." Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked
"With warm, richly colored, and expressive illustrations by Lucia Soto, the book, published in partnership with GLAAD, serves as a gentle and welcome celebration of the different shapes love and family can take." Boston Globe
When Chloe's favorite uncle announces that he's getting married, everyone is excited. Everyone except Chloe, that is. What if Uncle Bobby no longer has time for picnics, swimming, or flying kites? Chloe just wants to keep having fun with her favorite uncle, but she's afraid everything is going to change. Can Uncle Bobby and his boyfriend Jamie show Chloe that, when it comes to family, the more the merrier? In this inspiring, love-filled story, Chloe learns just what family means.
Produced in coordination with GLAAD, this adorable picture book is a positive example of same-sex marriage and a celebration of family.
Originally published: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2008.
Ages 3-6. Little Bee Books.
Grades K-1. Little Bee Books.
Chloe is jealous and sad when her favorite uncle announces that he will be getting married, but as she gets to know Jamie better and becomes involved in planning the wedding, she discovers that she will always be special to Uncle Bobby--and to Uncle Jamie, too. This 2020 edition has all-new illustrations by Lucia Soto.
"Produced in coordination with GLAAD, this adorable picture book is a positive example of same-sex marriage and a celebration of family." -- Amazon.com.