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Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780399247125
ISBN number: 0399247122
Label: Putnam Juvenile
Manufacturer: Putnam Juvenile
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: March 27, 2008
Publishing house: Putnam Juvenile
Age index: Ages 4-8
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Studio: Putnam Juvenile
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Bobby and Jamie are getting married, but Bobby’s niece Chloe is worried that she won’t be his favorite person anymore. Will Uncle Bobby still think she is special?
Sarah Brannen’s warm story is set in an alternative family as Uncle Bobby marries his boyfriend. Uncle Bobby’s Wedding embraces Bobby’s relationship with Jamie, but keeps its focus where it truly belongs: on an uncle and niece’s love for each other.
Beautifully told and charmingly illustrated, this simple yet moving story begs to be read time and again.
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I'm more alarmed that it's about guinea pigs running loose in the woods and gallivanting about at night. An owl could get them! Very un-guinea-pig-like behavior! As far as the same-sex thing goes, yeah, guinea pigs do that!
It's a nice book that gives kids a chance to discuss same-sex relationships at home before they go to school and encounter classmates who have a different assortment of parents than they do. Whether one is for or against same-sex relationships, they are a fact of life. Kids will be more comfortable knowing they exist rather than being surprised by their new friends' two moms or dads. And of course, the child who has two moms or dads will be happy to find a book that relates to his or her life.
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The main characters of this book are Bobby, Chloe, and Jamie, who are guinea pigs. They live in a peaceful community of woodland creatures in a the countryside near a large body of water.
Bobby is Chloe's favorite uncle, which is why she is sad when he announces that he is getting married to Jamie. Luckily, Bobby, Jamie and Chloe get on well together and enjoy going to the ballet, sailing, playing board games (something like Monopoly, but not quite) and toasting marshmallows.
The very first half of the book is written in a neutral way that makes it possible to think that Jamie is female, so I was surprised when we are told that Jamie is going to be Chloe's Uncle Jamie. (My two four year olds found this interesting but not particularly remarkable.) The rest of the book is about the preparations for the wedding and the day itself, and it ends with everyone dancing in the moonlight after the wedding.
No doubt many readers will find the subject matter controversial, but this does not alter the fact that this is a perfectly good story. The watercolour illustrations accompanying the story reminded me slightly of the Angelina Ballerina stories. We enjoyed this book.
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I learned about this book through the incident with the librarian in Colorado defending this gay-marriage storybook.
I was thrilled to learn there is now a book that I can read to my niece and nephews and normalize what is true about their gay uncle.
I have longed for a book like this as I married my partner in 2000 and want to explain to them that my marriage is just like their mommy and daddy's. Now I can!
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I was naive...should have looked at the cover of the book a bit closer to see there were 2 grooms! My sweet 6-year-old daughter came to me exclaiming, "Mommy, this book is weird...there's no bride...there's two boys getting married!" Don't be fooled by the cute pictures and childish story line, this is pro-homosexual agenda sneaking into our homes through our children's books! We threw it OUT! God created marriage, for ONE man and one WOMAN!
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Uncle Bobby's Wedding is more than just a good LGBT-inclusive children's book; it is a good children's book, period. It tells the sweet story of Chloe, an anthropomorphic young guinea pig who worries that Uncle Bobby won't keep having fun with her after he marries his boyfriend Jamie. Uncle Bobby explains that their special times together will not end; Chloe will not be losing an uncle, but gaining one. The book ends at the wedding, with Chloe as the enthusiastic flower girl.
Written from Chloe's perspective, Uncle Bobby deftly expresses a young child's concerns about family relationships and change. It stresses the power of love to encompass both old and new. Brannen's rich watercolour drawings match the tranquil but sometimes playful tone of the text.
The book's great strength is that Jamie's gender is a non-issue throughout. Unlike many older LGBT-themed children's books, such as Heather Has Two Mommies, it doesn't focus on a child struggling against negative views of her family. That approach has value for some, but Uncle Bobby indicates it is now possible to present a same-sex relationship without the need to defend it or compare it, however favorably, with a heterosexual norm. (Even the excellent And Tango Makes Three contrasts the same-sex penguin pair with the usual opposite-sex couples.) This leaves Brannen free to concentrate on her other themes, and opens up the book to a wider audience.
The book will likely be criticized by some for "promoting" same-sex marriage, but in reality it is as sweet and inoffensive a children's book as one could ever hope to find. It shows two men (well, male guinea pigs) getting married, but never preaches. Highly recommended.
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