Uncle Bobby's Wedding | 
 enlarge | Creator: Sarah S. Brannen
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 79950
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 8.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0399247122
EAN: 9780399247125
ASIN: 0399247122
Publication Date: March 27, 2008
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Product Description
Bobby and Jamie are getting married, but Bobbys niece Chloe is worried that she wont be his favorite person anymore. Will Uncle Bobby still think she is special? Sarah Brannens warm story is set in an alternative family as Uncle Bobby marries his boyfriend. Uncle Bobbys Wedding embraces Bobbys relationship with Jamie, but keeps its focus where it truly belongs: on an uncle and nieces love for each other. Beautifully told and charmingly illustrated, this simple yet moving story begs to be read time and again.
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 Finally a book for gay uncles! July 18, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I learned about this book through the incident with the librarian in Colorado defending this gay-marriage storybook.
I was thrilled to learn there is now a book that I can read to my niece and nephews and normalize what is true about their gay uncle.
I have longed for a book like this as I married my partner in 2000 and want to explain to them that my marriage is just like their mommy and daddy's. Now I can!
 Deceptive propaganda! June 24, 2008
0 out of 31 found this review helpful
I was naive...should have looked at the cover of the book a bit closer to see there were 2 grooms! My sweet 6-year-old daughter came to me exclaiming, "Mommy, this book is weird...there's no bride...there's two boys getting married!" Don't be fooled by the cute pictures and childish story line, this is pro-homosexual agenda sneaking into our homes through our children's books! We threw it OUT! God created marriage, for ONE man and one WOMAN!
A charming and inclusive book that doesn't preach May 8, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Uncle Bobby's Wedding is more than just a good LGBT-inclusive children's book; it is a good children's book, period. It tells the sweet story of Chloe, an anthropomorphic young guinea pig who worries that Uncle Bobby won't keep having fun with her after he marries his boyfriend Jamie. Uncle Bobby explains that their special times together will not end; Chloe will not be losing an uncle, but gaining one. The book ends at the wedding, with Chloe as the enthusiastic flower girl.
Written from Chloe's perspective, Uncle Bobby deftly expresses a young child's concerns about family relationships and change. It stresses the power of love to encompass both old and new. Brannen's rich watercolor drawings match the tranquil but sometimes playful tone of the text.
The book's great strength is that Jamie's gender is a non-issue throughout. Unlike many older LGBT-themed children's books, such as Heather Has Two Mommies, it doesn't focus on a child struggling against negative views of her family. That approach has value for some, but Uncle Bobby indicates it is now possible to present a same-sex relationship without the need to defend it or compare it, however favorably, with a heterosexual norm. (Even the excellent And Tango Makes Three contrasts the same-sex penguin pair with the usual opposite-sex couples.) This leaves Brannen free to concentrate on her other themes, and opens up the book to a wider audience.
The book will likely be criticized by some for "promoting" same-sex marriage, but in reality it is as sweet and inoffensive a children's book as one could ever hope to find. It shows two men (well, male guinea pigs) getting married, but never preaches. Highly recommended.
uncle bobby's wedding April 25, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book was hip and new, making same sex relationships a normal thing. I thought this was a good message for kids...catch 'em while they're young and impressionable. Maybe they'll take this message to the next generation and break the cycle.Moreover, it was charming and entertaining...A+
Wonderful story and illustrations! April 16, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is a book to wonder at, in all the best ways. The story is straightforward, about a little girl guinea pig (Chloe) and her worries that she will lose her Uncle Bobby's affection when he gets married. Uncle Bobby reassures her that she need not worry about this, and when Chloe meets Uncle Bobby's partner, Jamie, she realizes that she's not losing an uncle, she's gaining one! One of the rapturous things about this story is the way the marriage is presented, as the loving event that it is, such a natural thing (for Uncle Bobby) that the fact that it is between guinea pigs of the same sex doesn't even need a discussion.
The illustrations are a delight. Sarah Brannen is an accomplished artist, and I pored over the pictures, noticing the subtle ways that young guinea pigs are drawn differently from the more sedate adult guinea pigs. You really enter Chloe's world and see the wonder of things from her perspective. This is a book to treasure!
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