Heather Has Two Mommies

This book has so much controversial surrounding it, that I was surprised by how tame, and normal the story line was. Then I realized that it just shows that being a family is normal and acceptable, even an untraditional family. Heather Has Two Mommies is the story of a young girl named Heather who is the daughter of a lesbian couple. Heather goes to playgroup and realizes that her family is different than the other children's families who have a mother and a father. Heather eventually realizes that there are many types of families and she is able to accept her own family. 
I am not sure that there are many libraries that could use this book for active programming, because of social constraints. However this would be a good book to have to recommend to children who may need to read it. 
PROFESSIONAL BOOK REVIEW FROM AMAZON.COM
This handsome 10-anniversary edition of a minor classic presents the story of Heather, a preschooler with two moms who discovers that some of her friends have very different sorts of families. Juan, for example, has a mommy and a daddy and a big brother named Carlos. Miriam has a mommy and a baby sister. And Joshua has a mommy, a daddy, and a stepdaddy. Their teacher Molly encourages the children to draw pictures of their families, and reassures them that "each family is special" and that "the most important thing about a family is that all the people in it love each other." In the afterword, the author (whose other children's books include Matzo Ball Moon) explains that although she grew up in a Jewish home, in a Jewish neighborhood, there were no families like hers on the television or in picture books. She came to regard her family as somehow "wrong," since there was no Christmas tree in the living room and no Easter egg hunt. Whatever the religious right may wish to think about nontraditional families, there is no denying that any child enrolled in an American school will encounter friends with single parents, gay parents, stepparents, or adoptive parents. This new, revised version of Heather Has Two Mommies offers an enjoyable, upbeat, age-appropriate introduction to the idea of family diversity. The book is essential for children (ages 2 to 6) with gay parents or family members, and a great addition to a Rainbow Curriculum. --Regina Marler
Newman, L., & Souza, D. (2000). Heather has two mommies (2nd ed., 10th anniversary ed.). Los Angeles: Alyson Wonderland.