The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Newman, Lesléa

Heather Has Two Mommies

32 pp. | Candlewick | March, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-6631-6 $16.99
New ed. (1989, Alyson)

(3) PS Illustrated by Laura Cornell. This seminal book about a little girl with lesbian moms has been newly illustrated in watercolor and gouache. The revised text (gone are details about Heather's conception and birth) focuses mainly on Heather's day at school--building block towers, playing dress-up, and drawing pictures of her family and comparing its make-up to that of her classmates'. The details are different, but the nontraditionalness remains.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2015