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40 pp.
| Dial
| November, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-0-7352-3122-1$17.99
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Illustrated by
Stephanie Graegin.
"Love me tender. / Love me sweet. / Never let me go." You know the words, but did you know that they have new resonance when paired with dulcet illustrations of a multiethnic cast of toddlers tended by gay and straight parents? In her endnote, Priscilla Presley calls for "accepting those who are different"; one can almost hear the King responding, "Amen, darlin'."