Mom and Mum are Getting Married!

by Ken Setterington, illustrated by Alice Priestley

tagged: alternative family

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Rosie is surprised to find her Mom dancing alone in the living room, but when Mom announces, "Your Mum and I are getting married!" they can't wait to start planning the big day. Friends and family come together for a celebration of love.

About the Authors

Ken Setterington

KEN SETTERINGTON is the author of Mom and Mum are Getting Married and Branded by the Pink Triangle, winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Holocaust Literature and a Stonewall Honor from the American Library Association. He is the former Children and Youth Advocate for the Toronto Public Library and received the Meritorious Service Medal from the Governor General of Canada in 2017 for his work bringing children and literature together. He lives with his partner in Toronto.

Alice Priestley is a Toronto based illustrator and web designer. She has created artwork for more than a dozen picture books, including Lights for Gita and Mom Marries Mum!, as well as for textbooks, anthologies, and even some of her website projects.

Age:: 5 to 8
Grade:: p to 3
Reading age:: 6 to 8

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Mom and Mum Are Getting Married

by [Top Grade]

Rosie is surprised to find her Mom dancing alone in the living room, but when Mom announces, “Your Mum and I are getting married!” they can’t wait to start planning the big day. Friends and family come together for a celebration of love.

When teaching about diverse families, this picture book is an important story about single sex relationships. This book supports Health curriculum and helps students to gain understanding of Healthy Relationships, as well as to be respectful of differences. It can also be to serve as an entry point into anti-discrimination education.

Also available: Branded by the Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington

Author available for school visits.

Source: Association of Canadian Publishers. Top Grade Selection 2016.