Heather has two mommies

"Heather's favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, and two pets. And she also has two mommies. When Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her daddy, but Heather doesn't have a daddy. Then something interesting happens. When Heather and her class...

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Main Author: Newman, Lesléa (Author)
Other Authors: Cornell, Laura (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: [Somerville, MA] : Candlewick Press, 2015.
Edition: Brand new edition of the modern classic!, First Candlewick Press edition, 2015
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Summary: "Heather's favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, and two pets. And she also has two mommies. When Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her daddy, but Heather doesn't have a daddy. Then something interesting happens. When Heather and her classmates all draw pictures of their families, not one drawing is the same. It doesn't matter who makes up a family, the teacher says. Heather learns that there are lots of different kinds of families and the most important thing is that all the people love each other." -- provided by publisher.
Item Description: "Originally published slightly different with illustrations by Diana Souza in 1989."
Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN: 9780763666316 (hc.)
0763666319 (hc.)
Author Notes: Lesléa Newman is the author of more than seventy books for children and adults, including the groundbreaking children's classic Heather Has Two Mommies . She has received poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Foundation. She lives in Massachusetts.

Laura Cornell has illustrated many books for children, including the best-selling picture books by Jamie Lee Curtis. She lives in New York City.