This is a very good book for young children to understand having same sex parents, specifically mothers. It's told in a rhymning pattern that engages the child and makes it fun to read and understand. The illustrations add to the overall messages conveyed throughout the book.

This was super cute and good for children to learn about different familiea.

Vanita continues to shine in her latest work that I plan to implement in my class. Always awe-struck by her books.

*** Disclaimer : Receive this book from the publisher via Netgalley***

Once again another well done addition to an ever expanding repertoire. In this book we have a young boy answering questions surrounding his family that has two moms. Not unlike A Tale of Two Daddies each question is posed to highlight the similarities between our main character’s family and other families. To create understanding and empathy.

The artwork was, of course, vivacious and beautiful. The story takes place on a day at the beach so there are more two page spreads which really allow the illustrator to go all out and give us great landscapes.

I enjoyed the writing more this time as every line rhymed and so it did not throw off the rhythm. A great improvement from the first book. I do hope this series makes its way into school classrooms to begin to teach tolerance from an early age.

Happy Reading

Jo

Great short read for children about having two mother's. This is a wonderful look at the mundane lives that LGBTQIA people live - we deal with our kids "pets" that they bring in from the outdoors, we kiss boo-boos, we bake cakes, we go to PTA meetings.

It's a lovely book to show that we're not different at all!

Thanks to Netgalley and respective publisher.

Cute and lovable conversation in poetry about a child who has mommy and mom.
Appealing one.
Love to read again and again.

A very sweet and well written book. It addresses the subject at just the right tone.

4.5 out of 5 stars.

A Tale of Two Mommies by Vanita Oelschlager (author) & Mike Blanc (illustrator) is a charming book about a young boy talking with another boy and girl about his two mommies, Mommy and Momma.

I enjoyed this book, but I didn't give it five stars because I felt that it began and ended really abruptly. Perhaps that's how the author intended it to be, but it felt awkward to me. Outside of that, I really enjoyed the story.

The illustrations are brightly colored, engaging, and delightful. There is a diversity in the characters. The two mothers appear to be caucasian, as is the little girl the young boy is talking to. The protagonist of the story is a little black boy and the other little boy is Asian. I appreciate that the author/illustrator took the time to make the characters diverse.

I also loved how the questions were very much kid-oriented. They're great questions and answers as far as which Mom helps the child with various things.

I would definitely recommend this book as a good LGBTQ resource!

** Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book. I was not compensated for my review. All opinions and conclusions are my own. **

Everyone isn't blessed with a normal family, normal as in what the world 'thinks' is normal. A tale of two mommies is one such story of a little kid. He has a different family. And his friends wonder, question and sort of bother him with many many queries. But this little guy answers them brilliantly and doesn't feel low for having a 'unique' family.
Truly, family isn't about which members form it, it's about the love they have for each other.
The title instanly grabbed my attention, the tale surprised me! Great illustrations!
And the money earned from the book is going for charity, salute to the author!

I received this book for free on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I received this book because I thought it was an interesting premise with the legalization of gay marriage and a (much needed in my opinion) upheaval of the adoption system to allow LGBT parents the ability to adopt or have IVF treatments . I read this book because it was a fairly decent book with a moral that is really not in books too much: how are gay parents the same as straight parents? A little boy and girl asks a little boy who has the eponymous two mommies who does what job, and he responds that Mommy does some things and Momma does other things, but both love him all the same. The art is simplistic, but cute enough, and the moral is a good one for children who have two mothers. However, I think it isn't going to be all that interesting to the audience of children of straight parents because it's not that interesting of a plot, and kids of gay parents would already know that it's no different than if they had straight parents and be bored with it. Overall, I think it needs to be said, but maybe in a more interesting fashion like with more of a Tango Makes Three style plot, and less about stating random things two mommies do. I also realized that it basically has the exact same style of telling the story as A Tale of Two Daddies had, just with the sexes flipped, even down to about the same questions, which is why I essentially copied my review, since my hangups are about the same, and the plot is about the same too.

It is a great children's book for children with two mom's or children curious about it. The illustrations are fun and colorful and great to catch a child's attention.

Love the Tale of Two Mommies. It shows that gender and sex have nothing to do with being a good parent, that kids thrive by attention and time spent with them.

A Tale of Two Mommies By: Vanita Oelschlager

This is a very charming book for pre-school through early Elementary school age children. It has wonderful, bright, color illustrations on each page to help young children follow along with the story.

The book depicts 3 small children playing together on the beach while asking very innocent and realistic questions. This is one of the ways that children learn about things that are different. I also liked that there were no "gender" based roles assigned to either of the moms.

There should be more Children's books available that discuss LGBT topics. It is important to teach and raise
our children to accept differences in other people and that it's ok if your family is not the same as everyone else's family.

I like that the book is simple, fun and light hearted.

I received the book free in exchange for an honest review.
My review is also posted on amazon, goodreads, and moonshineartspot.blogspot.com

Lovely and super colorful art ! A book that should be available in every school and library ! A love how it portraits the truth so well: children don't need a conventional family, all they need is love and care! There's a Mommy and a Momma and most of the times I got them mixed which is totally fine because that's just the point isn't? Both moms are there to every and any situation !
Also love how the son and one of the kids are POC :') Breaking down two main topics (racism and homophobia) in a nice and beautiful way.

Talking to kids about complicated issues in their language is the hardest thing for any adult to do, but this book manages to make it look so easy. One can't even imagine the amount of effort that must've gone into making it happen. It is a very important book that each parent must buy for their child.

A cute but single-sided conversation between three children, one with two mommies. The two friends ask which mommy does what in the family - who bakes, who fixes boo-boo's, who is afraid of snakes, etc. Intended to reinforce the idea that the definition of a family is changing, it would have been nice to hear the little boy with the two mommies asking the same questions of his friends. The illustrations are colorful, inviting, and fun, but the story ends rather abruptly.

Premise: A little boy is having a conversation with a couple of his friends while they play at the beach. Since he has two mommies, they're asking him how that works at home: "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." It continues like this, with a few answers thrown in that neither mother does something or that he can do certain things by himself. The ultimate message is that he has parents who love and care for him, no matter their genders.

I love how casually this book addresses a family with same-sex parents. The kids are curious (as all children are) about how a family different from theirs might function at dinnertime, playtime, or whenever. There is no negativity or spotlighting on the main character, just natural curiosity and a conversation between friends. While my son has met some of my friends in homosexual relationships, none of them have children. So, I appreciated that this gave me a positive way to approach the topic with him. And it spurred a great discussion between us about all different kinds of families! A great book for a modern household!

I loved this, and my kids loved it. I've been trying to show them that there are all types of families, but where we live there isn't a lot of diversity or a strong LGBTQ community, so I hoped that a book would help. This one hit the nail on the head. :-) Thanks!

I loved the concept of this book: children discussing what it's like to have two same sex parents. It's executed gently, the author doesn't shove it down the reader's throat.

The artwork is a little flat at times and often looks like clip art. According to the back page, the artwork is all computer generated; I'd say that it was only moderately successful. The art isn't awful but it could have been better.

I would have liked if the story had a lead in to the questions being asked. We don't know if the kids knew each other beforehand or how the topic came up. The rhyming is forced at times and the text occasionally clunky. The kids ask a range of questions. Some reviews I've read questioned the author's choice of questions that the children ask but having taught several children over the years with same sex parents, the questions seemed on target to me. There were a few questions I'd have expected that weren't in there but overall I thought the content of the text was fine. The book ends abruptly, as if the author had run out of ideas.

It's not a great book but the topic is respectfully handled, the artwork is adequate and it's a sweet book.

I received an e-galley from the publisher for review.

I enjoyed both of these stories. I think they handled the LGBT theme quite well for children's books.