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Reading about families in my family.

Publication: The Horn Book Magazine
Publication Date: 01-MAY-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
In my family there are two moms and five kids. I've yet to find a children's book that depicts a cast of characters that looks anything like our particular multiracial, foster-adoptive family constellation, and I know there are lots of artistic, social, political, and market-driven reasons for this; for one thing, such a book would risk getting so bogged down in introducing everyone that it would be hard to come around to a story.

I used to worry about this. When my oldest child (a biracial, biological son) was also my only child, I scoured libraries, bookstores, and booklists to try to make sure that his books would not only be windows into others' experiences but mirrors of his own. Fat chance of finding such a mirror that went beyond a reflection of surface appearance...

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