A Tale of Two Mommies by Vanita Oelschlager is the kind of book I have been wanting to add to our library to increase the diversity. I really like how this book does not make one person out to be the "dad" and the other one the "mom" of the family. Both parents participate in tasks that traditionally are seen as feminine or masculine. While I enjoyed the message this book is trying to send, it is very repetitive so I'm sure there are many parents who won't want to read this book to their children over and over. The illustrations by Mike Blanc are cute and I enjoyed the step-by-step how-to in the back of the book.

Once again, Vanita Oelschlager has created a really beautiful children's book that also has great representation. The protagonist of this book is a PoC and he has two mommies. As we go through this book we see the different roles that his mothers play in his life whilst also seeing that he is very loved.

There was one hilarious line of (possibly) accidental innuendo that would fly over a child's head but might make an adult smile...

I appreciate the effort to normalize all family structures, but felt this did a poor job of that. My daughter has two mothers, and this book wouldn't resonate with her.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* This was such a cute book! I loved the art style as well but wow I love this book its so simple, adorable and perfect for younger kiddos!

A Tale of Two Mommies
by Vanita Oelschlager
40 pages
Publication date: September 25, 2013
Publisher: Vanita Books
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Description:
A Tale of Two Mommies is a beach conversation among three children. One boy asks another boy about having two mommies. A young girl listening in asks some questions too.
True to a child's curiosity, practical questions follow. "Which mom is there when you want to go fishing? / Which mom helps out when Kitty goes missing?" To which he answers: "Mommy helps when I want to go fishing. / Both Mommies help when Kitty goes missing."
A Tale of Two Mommies is intended for 4-8 year olds.

👭MY REVIEW👭
I think it's a great book to relate to different types of families in different situations. This story lets us look inside one non-traditional family, a same sex couple and their son.The book is very well illustrated and cute. It is written with two questions then two answers that rhyme .This is a beautiful story wrote in a way so all kids can understand.
I really like that this book is written as conversations between kids. One boy asks another boy about having two mommies. A young girl listening in asks him some questions too. I also love the fact that the author done the story with 3 multicultural children . It shows how the most important thing in any family is love. This is a great way to introduce this subject to kids and I am pleased how this book presents the topic by letting it just be conversations with kids only. Many thanks to the Publisher , the Author , and NetGalley for a ARC copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. As always if you like the book you read please take the time to leave a review for the author in places like goodreads & Amazon. It does not have to be long. Just a few sentences saying you liked the book will do. Authors really appreciate every review they get ! You can also read this review and all my other reviews on my fb page at Joyce Stewart Book Reviews , my fb Group Stewart Book Reviews Book Club , Good Reads at Joyce Stewart Reviews and instagram at Stewarts_bookreviews.

About the Author :
Vanita Oelschlager is a wife, mother, grandmother, philanthropist, former teacher, current caregiver, author and poet. A graduate of Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio, she now serves as a Trustee of her alma mater and as Writer in Residence for the Literacy Program at The University of Akron. Vanita and her husband Jim were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in 2006. She was the Congressional Angels in Adoption award recipient for the State of Ohio in 2007 and was named National Volunteer of the Year by the MS Society in 2008. Vanita was also honored in 2009 as the Woman Philanthropist of the Year by the Summit County Chapter of the United Way.
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a coisa mais fofa que eu já li na vida! Como mulher lesbica entendo o quão dificil pode ser pra uma criança entender isso, principalmente levando em conta a sociedade que a gente vive. Adorei a história, espero que alguém a traga para o brasil, seria ótimo ler isso aos meus alunos!

My stepdaughter didn’t understand what a household looks like with gay couples so this book was really helpful for her and me to be able to have that conversation.

Thank you netgally for the arc in exchange for a honest review.

I previously read Vanita's book "A tale of two daddies". When I saw this one I thought it would be just as cute. I wasn't disappointed.

It would be a great story for small children or for a childcare center.

Loved this story! Thought it was easy for kids to understand and had great illustrations! Definitely recommend it to anyone looking to normalize same-sex relationships for their children.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a free copy of these books in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

In our first story A Tale Of Two Mommies we have a trio of young friends hanging out at the beach. One of the little ones has two mommies. This leads the other two children to ask questions of which mommy helps in certain situations. In our second story A Tale Of Two Daddies we explore the same concept except with two daddies and this time there are two children playing at the park. Both stories show children's curiosities through questions of parental duties when there isn't a mommy and daddy to split them but rather two mommies or two daddies.

I thought these stories were adorable. I loved the way the children's curiosity was shown as simple curiosity and nothing more. It was innocent and sweet. Told in a fun rhyme this story is sure to capture the attention of any little one who reads it. The pictures were bright, colorful and simply adorable in both books. I think these are both great books to educate young children about LGBT+ families.

Sweet story of a little boy and his two mommies. They can do anything a mommy and daddy couple can do for their little boy. They fix things, go fishing, bake cakes, etc with and for him. The little boy's friends ask him all sorts of questions and he always has an answer for them, because his mommies can do anything.
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My family really enjoyed this book. We are always trying to add diversity to our kids bookshelf so this is a perfect read for us. The illustrations and story were simple and cute.

Super cute book! I love that there are titles available for children that open them up to the discussion of lgbtq+ rights and situations. It's nice to normalize different familial situations early on.

This was the cutest kids novel I have ever read. I loved everything about this from the illustrations to the sweet innocent rhyming questions.

It's the perfect children's book to help show kids that it's okay to have two mommies just as it's okay to have two dads or a mum and dad etc.

I adored this and I'm going to go buy this and it's companion; A Tale Of Two Daddies, show I can show my little sister.

This was a very cute book about what it's like to live with two moms instead of a mom and a dad or any other parental combo. Instead of fixating on the fact that the mothers are LGBTQ+, the author did a good job writing a children's book that normalizes "non-traditional" parenting.

The story follows a young boy playing at the beach with his friends who have apparently just figured out that he has two mothers. They ask him a ton of questions about it, like "which mom makes you rice and beans?", "which mom sorts your rock collection?", and "which mom knows what's polite to say?" And the boy replies every time with one or the other, both or neither. Sometimes he answers that neither of his moms do that, showing that they have taught him a level of independence, like how he sorts his own rock collection and he is the only one who likes to play with snakes. His two friends had a lot of questions, but at the end, they were just curious and learned something new.

All in all, this is an endearing book that normalizes same-sex parenting and teaches children that just because someone's parents are different, that does not make them bad.

Does a great job of normalizing same gender parents without relegating a "mom role" and "dad role." However, it was kind of boring and repetitive, and the "clip art"-style illustrations weren't my cup of tea.

This is a sweet rhyming picture book where a child answers his friends about which mommy helps with various things (which mommy helps with baking, bike riding, bad dreams...) and he answers about mommy, momma or both (or sometimes he does that himself). The illustrations are simple and fun, and the message is likewise simple and sweet. All profits go to charitable organizations, so there's not a lot not to love here.

Lovely inclusive story, I wish there were stories like this when I was growing up. I'm requesting my local library to have them, so that kids can realize it's normal to be gay

How cute! Vanita does it again! The concept feels comfortable and normal in her children's stories. A Tale Of Two Mommies is a great read!

Great book to share with young children to expose them to a different type of family in a simple way and to show that even though it might be different from their family there are similarities.