"Who is your dad when you're sad and need some love"
"Both, of course"

A Tale of Two Daddies is a cute little kids book in which it will be easy to explain to a kid how, yes, you can have two dad's - in this case daddy and poppa - and have all the things a usual mom and dad do. You're scared? You need to have your hair in braids? Poppa and Daddy can help! You feel down? Want a house in a tree? They can help!

It's told in colorful nice cartoons of a little girl that has two daddies, and her friend Lincoln. All his questions about her two dads and her answers on how it's all normal just like it's probably is with him.

As a older sister of 4 kids, as well as an older cousin of... well many kids, many who aren't kids anymore, I think it's a well thought out book, that will catch the eye of a small kids as well as teach them how their little friend on school who has two daddies is just like them.

Cute, colorful, well written. Totally am going to read it to my small charges of brothers and cousins!

I thought this was a decent book about a family with two daddies but it wasn't really anything special. We're seeing an increase of LGBT inclusive books which is absolutely great but they sort of seem like they're the same book over and over so it would be nice to get something a little more unique.

Super sweet and necessary for kids. All kids should learn from a young age that sexual orientation is completely normal and should be accepted.

My Thoughts:
A Tale of Two Daddies is a great educational children's book. It teaches kids about children who have gay parents. It helps children of gay fathers explain that they get as much love and attention as someone who has a mom and a dad. The illustrations are very well drawn. They show the child having fun with both fathers. They also show what role each father plays in the child's life. This book is great to teach children about lgbt relationships. I hope A Tale of Two Daddies is something that every child has the option to read.

I give A Tale of Two Daddies : 5/5

As much as I wanted to love this book for its representation on the LGBTQ+ community. I was weirdly offended by how the author executed her idea into this story.

A Tale of Two Daddies follows a boy and a girl having an honest conversation wherein the boy bombards the girl questions with regards to who does what between her fathers. In my eye, I wanted it to be more of the idea that people are different; that some have fun doing something over another type of work. But, it became more of "Who in this relationship is the female and the male?" Segregating this book into an awkward state of addressing the situation in a heteronormative idea.

More importantly, I am curious as to why the conversation actually uses children as its main character. In all honesty, I would not have been able to imagine or see in actuality two children of this age talking about something like this. Children are more honest and quite lenient when it comes to this ideas that they almost don't care.

Overall, I think what the author wanted to share was different from what I digested and so I highly suggest that you share your own opinion and read this book.

It is about a girl having two dads and her friend who wants to know how come,
Beautiful illustrations.
Thanks to Netgalley for this book.

I am going to mostly review this book as I reviewed "A Tale of Two Mommies" by Vanita Oelschlager, as she wrote the same book twice.

I wish I could have loved this book, as it is so important to have more and more books featuring queer families. Instead, I was deeply disappointed by this book.

This book is all about the heteronormative way of thinking of what a 'women' does and what a 'man' does, and applies it to a same-sex family. Straight people need to feel reassured by putting things into a box, with questions like: "which dad teaches you how to bike, which dad watches movies with you, which dad puts a bandage on you when you're hurt..."

This is not how kids behave!! Kids simply don't care about those questions! They may ask one of those questions, but not continuously for 24 pages! They would have changed topic a long time ago and would have simply played at the beach, like kids play at the beach and parents watch over them.

It feels like the perpetuation of "who is the masculine one in a lesbian couple", "who does what", and it is hurting, and utterly wrong.

Similar to A Tale of Two Mommies, this book deals with a young daughter answering questions from a peer about the role of her daddies in her life. It conveys a clear message…love is love. The illustrations are cute and so is this book.

This books is so cute . This is a perfectly adorable relationship of two dads and their girl. Though the questions are asked from the perspective of a boy who has straight parents(probably) , questions like who braids hair and who bathes her are awesome.
I just love there is absolutely no cliché. The dads are also painted in a clear perspective.
This book is recommended for everyone.

Definitely its equal to "A Tale of Two Mommies", it's the kind of literary representation children with sam sex parents deserve. While I do worry a bit about whether or not this book is a way to "explain" same sex parents to straight people, I think this is a great step to ultimately giving same sex families representation in all picture books, where they're accepted and not commented on as different.

This picture book depicts two friends having a conversation. Which Dad takes care of each of the things that a little girl needs? With simple rhyming language the reader learns that both fathers love and care for their daughter. The book provides a nice introduction for learning about how different families nurture their children in similar ways. A good addition for a school library!

Nowadays families come in all shapes and sizes. This is the perfect book that showcases a non-hetero family, in this case a family with two daddies. The little boy in this book adores his daddies. Young readers with two daddies will be happy to learn that there are others like them. This book will make a wonderful addition to such collections or to library shelves.

A Tale of Two Daddies follows a girl with two fathers and uses a rhyming question/answer format to share what the dads do with/for their daughter. This is a great book for sharing diverse family structures with children and helping them to relate to their peers.

Like a Tale of Two Mommies, A Tale of Two Daddies has fun illustrations and much needed LGBTQAI illustrations. The pattern of question and answer is a fun idea and I can definitely see kids doing this but for me, the text fell flat because there was too much focus on the rhyme scheme.

In the book, A Tale of Two Daddies Vanita Oelschlager shares the story of two children on the playground having a conversation about family. Word has it that the little girl has two dads and this child is curious of how that works: who braids your hair, who helps you when you are scared, who helps you when you skin your knee, and many more questions as he tries to identify that two dads in a family can successfully manage. The girl assures him that both of her dads, who she calls Daddy and Poppa takes care of her just like his mom and dad does.

I love how Oelschlager has normalized this modern day family, as these two small kids are having this conversation while playing on the swings, hanging on the swings, and having a good time; while Daddy and Poppa sits watches nearby. This would be an incredible book to share with your students providing them with answers to questions they may have on how this two daddy thing works.

In addition, the images are vivid and bright which portrays that this girl is happy with her two dad and she is extremely loved and cared for.

A cute and wonderful story!😊 I think this book is perfect for any diverse family. My children loved it just like they loved A Tale of Two Mommies!💙💜

Thank you NetGalley and VanitaBooks for allowing me to check this out.
A Tale of Two Daddies is a playground conversation between two children. The boy says he heard that the girl has two dads. The girl says that is right. She has Daddy and Poppa.

I thought this was really cute.
So many books about blended families start with "Why do you have two dads?" which I have always found is a ridiculous question.
I enjoyed that this one did not. It was a story of how and what each of her parents do in her life with the natural inquisitiveness all children have. A rather sweet way to discuss blended families with the tiny humans in your life and lots of colour and fun pictures to keep them interested.

Thank you to Vanita Oelschlager, VanitaBooks, LLC, and NetGalley for the advanced reviewer copy of “A Tale of Two Daddies” in return for an honest review.

On the heels of recently reviewing “Phoenix Goes To School,” the children book about a transgender child going to elementary and being in school for the first time, I absolutely wanted to do “A Tale of Two Daddies” and “A Tale of Two Mommies.”

I am very pleased at the turnout of all three of these books and about the idea of addressing all these questions children have about these subjects, about their friends, and their friends parents. I will be giving out copies of all three of these to my nieces and nephews in the future.

2nd: (reviewed together with A Tale of Two Mommies): Part of the same series, both books are written by Vanita Oelschlager and illustrated by Mike Blanc (and Kristin Blackwood for the second book). I first discovered this perfect duo, Vanita Oelschalager and Mike Blanc, with one of my first approved NetGalley books (Fish-Boy) and they work so well together, plus the art and writing styles differ from book to book, yet the quality is just as good and that’s such a rare thing. I feel so lucky that I got the opportunity to review so many books by these two wonderful creators!

A Tale of Two Mommies and A Tale of Two Daddies are really simple, but they pack such a powerful message – that a family is much more than who it is composed of, a family is what they do for each other. In both stories, the other kids are really interested in which parent does what for our kids that have same-sex parents, and guess what? There is a mommy that helps you when you fall, and there is mummy that makes your favourite breakfast, and that both mothers tuck you in when you go to bed. Same applies for the daddies!

The stories are quite funny, following the honest conversation between little kids, being curious and trying to understand how family with the same-sex parents works. And the art really fits the pacing of the story in both books! (Really loved the page with the kids chatting underwater!)

These books are great to teach the little ones that families come in different forms and sizes, but they are also great for kids from LGBTQ families in order to show them that their family is not different and that kids have the same needs – who makes the braids, who cooks breakfast, who builds the tree-house – no matter who cares for them, because all families are TRUE families if there is LOVE.

1st: I really enjoyed this book just as I did A Take of Two Mommies. It is full of cuteness and an awesome way to help kids understand that families come in different forms and that is okay and for kids from LGBTQ families is a way to show them that their family is not different, kids have the same needs (who makes the braids, who cooks breakfast, who build the treehouse) and the parents will be there for them no matter what type of family you have.

It's a sweet book and I recommend it to every parent and kid!

An adorable and important picture book that helps to normalise having two dads. The beautiful illustration and rhymes are wonderful and innocent and certainly helpful to young children.