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including working, eating, sleeping, and occasionally even fighting. Additionally, the boy accompanies his father and Frank on multiple excursions, including trips to the zoo, beach, and a baseball game. The boy enjoys when Frank plays with him, cooks for him, and reads to him. When he asks his mother about his dad and his roommate, his mother explains that they are gay. When the boy is confused, his mother elaborates that the boy's dad and Frank partake in many of the same activities that other couples do, and that being gay is just another form of love. The story concludes with the boy's acknowledgement that since all of his parents are happy, he is happy too.
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more copies of the book to accommodate for the increase in demand in accordance with its policies. However, residents continued to steal the book from the library, prompting the Wichita Falls City Council to create a policy that enabled library card holders who garnered 300 signatures the ability to relocate certain literature. The ACLU challenged this policy in local courts, and the policy was eventually deemed unconstitutional by U.S. District Court Judge Jerry Buchmeyer, thereby returning the book to the children's section.
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belongs in educational environments because it promotes dialogue about topics children might be confused by. Acknowledging that gay and lesbian people exist, Finnessy attests, is not necessarily deeming homosexuality proper so much as it is addressing a reality that children will experience. The book
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praised the book for raising public awareness for the lack of children's literature acknowledging homosexual relationships. Furthermore, both reviews commended the book for its charming and familiar illustrations that enable children to feel comfortable and ask questions about the book. Additionally,
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Objectors to the book collaborated in submitting numerous complaints to the local Lake Lanier Regional Library System. Despite residents compiling two petitions with 350 names requesting the book's removal, the library chose to retain it. Following the decision, the challengers requested a review of
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Residents objected to the book's equating of homosexual and heterosexual relationships. In particular, the line on page 26 of the book that "Being gay is just one more kind of love" was criticized for promoting a homosexual lifestyle. However, the book was retained in its current location. The same
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that challenged the book's inclusion in the children's section at the local library, and questioned the library's policies. Amidst national attention, the library held a public forum concerning the issue. In light of local support, the library board voted to retain the book in its current location,
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After a local Baptist minister protested the book's inclusion in the public library, a member of the congregation indefinitely checked out all copies of the book. After the story gained national attention, various people donated their personal copies to the library, and the library soon purchased
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The main character, who narrates the story, is a young boy whose parents were divorced the previous year. Living separately with both his mother and his father, the boy discovers that his father has a new roommate named Frank. He observes that his father and Frank do many activities together,
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in his campaign to amend the state constitution to allow for discrimination against lesbians and gay men. He used the two books as evidence of a militant homosexual agenda that threatened childhood development. However, citizens of Oregon voted to defeat the measure on November 3, 1992.
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Local resident Keith Smith wrote to the Mercer County Library Commission and County Executive Rober Prunetti requesting the removal of the book. Even though a library system review had recommended retaining the book in the children's section, the library was instructed to move
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listing it as the most contested book in 1993 and 1994. Its prominence as one of the first children's books to illustrate a gay relationships has led to its inclusion in various political and social debates since its publication.
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depicts a boy whose three parents all care for and love him, and Finnessy contributes multiple interviews from diverse parents who appreciate the book's loving, safe, and fun household that all children can learn from.
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from its grade-school curriculum. The books had previously been an optional reading choice for first-grade students, but they were deemed age-inappropriate after the school board president reviewed the material.
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Due to the book's intended audience and the controversial topic of gay relationships, there have been numerous attempts to remove it from schools and libraries. Because of these attempts, it was the second-most
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Under the Gay Men's Small Press category, Willhoites won a Lambda Literary Analysis award in 1991 following the book's release. Additionally, the book was honored by the Cooperative Children's Book Center's
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for its addressing and handling of living with two fathers. However, both evaluations noted that the quality of the writing itself was subpar, and that the story lacked depth or intrigue. A critique in
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served in the Navy where he created drawings of surgeries and medical implants. He then worked as a mural painter, painting murals for the Pentagon and Fort Knox. He was also a cartoonist for the
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In attempting to ban the book from the library, challengers professed that the book was an indoctrination of children into a gay lifestyle. The objectors requested that
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Head Start program under its anti-bias curriculum. After parents objected to the book's inclusion, it was removed from the school system's libraries and facilities.
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The newly-elected school board voted to remove the book from the library, as well as ban the book from being accessed on school property.
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Spence, Alex. “Controversial Books in the Public Library: A Comparative Survey of Holdings of Gay-Related Children's Picture Books.”
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and re-coupling were treated with relative indifference. Assessing that the book was so "blithe that it could almost be called
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In his piece "Defending Children's Schooltime Reading: Daddy's Roommate and Heather's Mommies", Patrick Finnessy asserts that
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in 1990. One of the first children's books to address the subject of homosexuality, the story follows a young boy whose
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Chick, Kay. "Fostering an Appreciation for all Kinds of Families: Picturebooks with Gay and Lesbian Themes."
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while also creating a new committee to study other library policies surrounding controversial literature.
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from open shelves, instead placing it at the circulation desk for visitors who requested the book.
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stories that were often critiqued for their depictions of an idealized and stereotypical society.
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campaign denied Palin's involvement in the case despite witness accounts claiming otherwise.
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recommended for children between 2–8 years old. The illustrations are full-page
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by Stern Nijland and Linda De Haan depicts the marriage of two male princes.
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that depicted homosexuality as a treatable condition, be included instead.
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After receiving complaints from parents, the district elected to remove
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list of best books in 2009 for its foundational role in gay literature.
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In the decade following the book's publication, it was one of the most
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illustrates the story of two male penguins who fell in love at the
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the book from the library board, prompting the library to remove
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echoed a similar sentiment, arguing that the sensitive topics of
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was added to many public libraries following positive reviews in
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Other notable attempts to censor the book are listed below:
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had attempted to remove the book from a public library in
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Roback, Diane, and Richard Donahue. "Daddy's Roommate."
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into the parenting section, where it currently remains.
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Local citizen Karol Raiche published an article in the
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when it was alleged that Vice-Presidential candidate
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Index


Michael Willhoite
Children's Literature
Alyson Books
Paperback
ISBN
1-55583-118-4
OCLC
26563465
children's book
Michael Willhoite
Alyson Books
divorced
life partner
Lambda Literary Award
challenged book
picture book
watercolor paintings
Publishers Weekly
Booklist
School Library Journal
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Entertainment Weekly
Michele Landsberg
divorce
Dick and Jane
challenged
American Library Association
New York City public school system
Children of the Rainbow Curriculum

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