The book is based on educating young children about what it is like to have a family member who cannot accept a gay couple in the family. The little girl, Elly, narrating the story has two uncles and does not quite understand why her grandfather is not accepting of her two uncles. It goes through all of the questions that the little girl has and asks her father. I think that page 10 thoroughly explains what it exactly means to be gay or lesbian and how some individuals are not accepting of their differences.
I think this is a great book to have in your home for when the topic is brought up about sexuality. I don’t think it is necessarily one to have in your classroom – can you imagine the uproar if I parent found it in their child’s classroom? (I think in today’s society -unfortunately- parents would still be upset). When reading this book to a child, it would be helpful for them to understand what exactly the term gay and lesbian mean, but it would also help them understand some of the emotions associated with it. For instance, the little girl’s feelings for her uncles, the father’s feelings, the grandfather’s feelings, but most of all the uncles feelings. I think that is the most important part to take into consideration. By allowing children to understand this at an early age, hopefully it would be prevention for bullying in future years.
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