A person picking this book up can see by the illustration on the cover that this book is different, there are two grooms on the cover instead of a bride and a groom. I could tell that this book deals with the issue of same sex relationship and same sex marriage . The main character, a little boy, has a mother and a father who are divorced. The little boy's mom remarried another man while the little boy's father was in a relationship with a man. One day the little boy's father and his partner inform the boy they are going to have a commitment ceremony to celebrate their love and relationship. The little boys gets to attend the ceremony and witness the love between his father and his partner.
This book is so controversial because same sex marriage is such a hot topic these days and people feel very strongly on both sides of the issue. in the book there is a kiss between the two men and even though this is just an illustration I can see parents getting pretty fired up about their kids seeing this. Personally I would shy away from sharing this book in class because I think that the potential problems that might be created would take away from the lesson that would incorporate this book. If you feel this book is absolutely necessary to share with your class I would send a note home describing the book and it's content. This is such a heated topic that it would be good to cover all bases so that not to offend parents.
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