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King & King written and illustrated by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland.
One day, a queen decides she's had enough of ruling, and it's time for her son to find a suitable princess and get married. "When I was your age, I'd been married twice already," she grumbles. The prince agrees, though he's never much cared for princesses... and none of the ones who show up manage to change his opinion. Then in walks the last princess, beautiful golden-haired Princess Madeleine--and her brother, Prince Lee. It's love at first sight, and the two princes, known as King & King, live happily ever after. The final panel shows the two Kings kissing, their lips hidden behind a red heart.
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Too Far Away to Touch by Leslea Newman. Illustrated by Catherine Stock.
This simply written story attempts to show AIDS through a child's eyes, as a little girl named Zoe observes the changes in her Uncle Leonard: he's tired a lot, and his hair has fallen out and--as Zoe instinctively realizes--he may die soon. But though many things about Uncle Leonard are different, their relationship will never totally change; as he tells Zoe, when he dies he'll be like the stars in the sky, "too far away to touch, but close enough to see
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The White Swan Express by Jean Davies Okimoto and Elaine M. Aoki. Illustrated by Meilo So.
On one side of the world, four Chinese baby girls are snuggling, burping, smiling and yawning in their orphanage cribs. Meanwhile, in four different cities in the North America, four very different families, including a lesbian couple and a single woman, awake to the same wonderful realization: that this is the day they will travel to China to meet their new daughters.
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One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads by Johnny Valentine. Illustrated by Melody Sarecky.
Lou, who is brown, has two dads--who are blue. Of course his friend has lots of questions about what it's like to have blue dads: "Do they work? Do they play? Do they cook? Do they cough? If they hug you too hard, does the color come off?" But as Lou explains, "Did you think that they simply would stop being dads, just because they are blue?" And no, they didn't drink too much blueberry juice as young boys, or play with too many blue toys: "They are blue because--well--because they are blue. And I think they're remarkable wonders--don't you?"
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My Two Uncles by Judith Vigna.
Elly's upset when her grandfather refuses to invite Uncle Ned's "friend" Phil to his anniversary party. Her father explains that some people don't think it's right to be gay, "but I don't think it's wrong." This attempt to be helpful and informative just comes off as didactic--it doesn't say anything any parent couldn't just say to their child without a story.