Uncle Bobby is getting married-but his niece Chloe doesn't know if that is a good idea. Produced in coordination with GLAAD, this adorable picture book is a positive example of same-sex marriage and a celebration of family. 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. 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. When Chloe's favorite uncle announces that he's getting married, everyone is excited. "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 "Valiant, valid, validating, valuable." Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked "A large-hearted affirmation of society's newest kind of wedding." Booklist "Those we love, 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 joyous, heartwarming, sweet-and essential-update." Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
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.įeatured on Bank Street's Best Books of the Year list. But after a magical day with Uncle Bobby and his boyfriend, Jamie, Chloe realizes she's not losing an uncle, but gaining one. She lives in Massachusetts.Description Chloe's favorite uncle is getting married, and she's not happy about it. Sarah is represented by The Chudney Agency.
She illustrated Seashells: More Than a Home and the ALA Notable Book Feathers: Not Just For Flying, which won the Riverby Award and the Crystal Kite Award both books were written by Melissa Stewart. Sarah illustrated the 40th Anniversary edition of All Kinds of Families by Norma Simon, as well as many other children's books. Sarah also wrote and illustrated A Perfect Day, Bear Needs Help, Madame Martine, and Madame Martine Breaks the Rules. It was republished in 2020 and was a New England Book Award finalist.
It the eighth most-challenged book in the US in 2008, and it was one of the 100 most frequently challenged books in the last decade. Uncle Bobby's Wedding was named one of the 100 best children's books of the last 100 years by Booktrust in the UK. She is the author of Uncle Bobby's Wedding, illustrated by Lucia Soto. Sibert Honor book Summertime Sleepers, written by Melissa Stewart. Brannen is the illustrator of the Robert F.
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