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Love Is Love

Love Is Love

by Michael Genhart (Author), KenMin (Illustrator), Michael Genhart (Author), Ken Min (Illustrator)

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    Hardcover 2017

    $20.57
Synopsis

Love Is Love empowers young readers to celebrate the family they have - no matter how it's constructed. A boy confides in a friend when he's teased for having two dads and for wearing a shirt that they deem is 'gay.' Kids tell him that they're not a real family, and he doesn't know how to respond. But our narrator realises that his friend's family (with a mum and a dad) isn't all that different from his: they both have parents who love them, and they both love their parents. And it's love that makes a family.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 32
 Publisher: Little Pickle Press
Published: 16 May 2017
ISBN 10: 1939775132
ISBN 13: 9781939775139

Media Reviews
Love is Love graciously calls into focus the fact that LGBTQ families are full of the same main ingredient as their peers' families: love. In a day and age when we tend to focus on our differences, Love is Love is here to remind us that the love of family is a shared value across cultures and family structures, and it gives our children the language they need explain that. - Amanda Hopping-Winn, Chief Program Officer, Family Equality Council
A heartfelt affirmation of queer love... A strong message. - Kirkus
Love Is Love makes plain the truth of its title for all kids and parents. Children and young adults still face harassment because they have LGBTQ parents. In accessible and gentle language, Love Is Love tells the simple story of these families...spoiler alert...they are just like every other kind of family. The point is no child should ever feel stigmatized for having LGBTQ parents and by embracing all families, we are elevating our own and proving that love is love. - Kate Kendell, Esq., Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights
Simple and beautiful... Definitely a picture book I wish had been read to me when I was a little kid! - I'm here. I'm queer. What the hell do I read?
Love Is Love is a gentle yet straightforward story that shows that love is what makes a family. A great resource to discuss discrimination! -
Author Bio
Dr. Michael Genhart has been a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Francisco and Marin for 25 years. He has experience working with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families, dealing with various facets of mental health and illness: anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, trauma, abuse, sexuality, work stress, bereavement and chronic health conditions. During this time, he has specialized in working with children who have gay or lesbian parents, gay teens and coming out issues, same-sex relationships, and LGBTQ parenting matters. Additionally, he has supervised advanced psychology student interns through local doctoral training programs and been a consultant to colleagues particularly with regard to working with the LGBTQ population. He has also spent the last fifteen years visiting and speaking at local elementary, middle and high schools to engage students in conversations about LGBTQ issues. He is a consulting psychologist to The Campaign to Change Direction which aims to change the story about mental health, mental illness, and wellness in this country, and he is co-authoring a children's picture book on the topic.

Ken Min grew up on the works of Margret & H.A. Rey, William Joyce, and DC Comics. He was born and raised in Los Angeles and studied illustration at Art Center, College of Design. He has storyboarded for various commercials and animated TV shows such as The PJs, Futurama and Fairly Odd Parents. His illustration work has been recognized numerous times by the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI). In 2012, the first picture book he illustrated, Hot, Hot Roti For Dada-Ji, received the Picture Book Honor Award for Literature from the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA). These days, you will find Ken illustrating, storyboarding, writing, and dreaming up stories for children.