Molly's Family

I will basically read anything by Nancy Garden -- Annie on My Mind was my first LGBTQA book -- and I always love her stuff. This was no exception! Molly is upset before Open School Night because the kids in her classroom tell her she can't have both a Mommy and a Mama when she draws a picture of her family. Molly's mothers explain to her that there are all kinds of families and, reassured by that, Molly takes her family portrait back to school to proudly hang it up next to the other kids' pictures.

This is a good, solid story that explains that it's okay to have two mommies, and that it's love that makes a family, no matter who is in it.

I will basically read anything by Nancy Garden -- Annie on My Mind was my first LGBTQA book -- and I always love her stuff. This was no exception! Molly is upset before Open School Night because the kids in her classroom tell her she can't have both a Mommy and a Mama when she draws a picture of her family. Molly's mothers explain to her that there are all kinds of families and, reassured by that, Molly takes her family portrait back to school to proudly hang it up next to the other kids' pictures.

This is a good, solid story that explains that it's okay to have two mommies, and that it's love that makes a family, no matter who is in it.

I truly adored the message and artwork in this book. "Molly's Family" is a simple story to get a heavy message across. Molly's family consists of Mommy, Mama Lu, and her puppy, Sam. When questioned about her family drawing for school, Molly's teacher must have a discussion that families are all different and they are all equal and important. Children are never too young to be taught about equality so I think that books like this are very important to have in a library.

When her kindergarden teacher asked the class to draw their family, Molly drew Mommy, Mama Lu and her puppy Sam. Her classmate Tommy thought it wasn't a proper family because there's no daddy. Molly and her kindergarden class learned that there are lots of different kind of families. I think it's important to teach kids at a young age about the different kind of families. That will help them avoid discriminating one kind of family over the other in the future.

I had the pleasure of having this book read to me. I loved it so much that I checked it out and read it again to my partner. I absolutely loved tis book. The characters in the book were all very innocent not realizing what the tings they may have been saying about Molly and her family may have hurt them. I loved how in the end Molly grew to understand that every family is different but her's is very much a family like everyone else's.Digging deeper into the story I found it so touching and relatable to to have a family with two mothers. It was even more touching to me that Nancy Garden decided to make this everyday issue that some kids may have be something that was on display. this was a great book.

Kindergartener Molly is confronted with the possibility that she's not a part of a "real family", as her classmate, Tommy has stated. "Where's your daddy", he asks. It pains me to imagine this happening, and I know that it does -everyday! All it takes is one child to make another second guess what they know to be true. Reading this book opens the door to teaching our students/children about respecting each other's differences and celebrating all the ways that we can be loved.

Author Nancy Garden uses this story as a jumping off point to get kids talking and recognizing that no two families are alike- same-sex or otherwise. The illustrations have me split - as I think they do an extraordinary job of showing Molly's feelings of shock when show more questioned about Mommy and Momma Lu but to younger students, these illustrations might seem outdated and boring. show less

Molly has two moms. She draws a picture of her family like every other kid in her class but since she has two moms some don't think that it qualifies as a family. Now and even before same sex marriage was legal there are many families who have non-traditional parents and their families are just as valid as any other. Many kids are raised by grandparents, aunts, uncles, god parents, a mom and dad, two moms, two dads, or in foster care. It is important to discuss the diversity that families can have so children don't grow up thinking that there is one way to be or that someones family is less than theirs just because it is different.