Johnny Valentine, Author, Angelo Lopez, Illustrator Alyson Books $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55583-236-0
This seriously flawed picture book blunders through a sensitive issue--the rights of homosexual parents. A boy is taken to the park by his ``two moms,'' wanders over to the zoo where he meets a Zark (a sort of brontosaurus), discovers he's lost, and
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Johnny Valentine, Author, Alyson Publications, Manufactured by Alyson Books $16.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55583-887-4
Alyson Wonderland reissues three picture books by Johnny Valentine centering on the lives of gay and lesbian parents and their children. When a pair of siblings with two Moms decide to build The Daddy Machine (1992), illus. by Lynette Schmidt, it
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Johnny Valentine, Author, Lynette Schmidt, Illustrator Alyson Books $10.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55583-847-8
Five fairy tales teach tolerance in The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans: And Other Stories (1991) by Valentine, illus. by Schmidt. ""The Frog Prince"" leaves his own wicked parents to live with his rescuer, Nicholas, and his family. In the title...
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Johnny Valentine, Author, Lynette Schmidt, Illustrator Alyson Books $10.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55583-846-1
Alyson Wonderland reissues three picture books by Johnny Valentine centering on the lives of gay and lesbian parents and their children. When a pair of siblings with two Moms decide to build The Daddy Machine (1992), illus. by Lynette Schmidt, it
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Johnny Valentine, Author, Melody Sarecky, Illustrator Alyson Books $10.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55583-848-5
Two children compare fathers in One Dad Two Dads, Brown Dad Blue Dads by Valentine, illus. by Melody Sarecky. Responding to his friend's questions, Lou talks about all the things he does with his two blue dads: "" `Of course blue dads work!/ And...
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