Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen

I think it would be an interesting study for students in the reading endorsement classes to look at both versions. My school's education curriculum library has the mouse version, but I may suggest they buy the human version as well, and keep both. However, I also appreciate the original story with the characters (illustrations only) being mice, because I think it is very important for kids to see these relationships in literature like the things read, and a lot of kids do enjoy books where animals act like people.

I think this is a necessary change, especially since Bobby and Jamie are also depicted as people of different races. It's important to note that all later editions of the book feature people instead of mice as the main characters, where the story stays the same. It lets the reader focus on the real issues of the story. Read my full review on my Goodreads account for children's booksīobby's fiancee is named Jamie, and they hint but don't clarify that Jamie is a man until around the middle of the book, when Chloe says something like, 'I wish you were both my uncles.' I think using a gender-neutral name is definitely a conscious decision in this world of book banning and witch hunts. Some people will face a new wedding of a loved one, and sometimes that loved one will marry someone of their same gender, and it shouldn't affect family relationships because love is what makes a family. It shows people (or mice in this case) handling conflict and represents reality. Overall this is a story of family love and of learning to adapt to change, which is an issue that many children have to learn to handle. Will she still be his favorite niece? Will they still be able to do the things they did before? Told using anthropomorphic mice, Chloe is a young girl who doesn't know what the future holds when her uncle Bobby announces his upcoming wedding. Because they do in the real world, and not everything is about a specific identity all the time.) Yes, we need the stories that are about the LGBT (or POC or disability or or or) experience, but I also just want to see stories where these people/animals exist. Uncle Bobby's Wedding is a good example of incidental LGBTQ+ representation in picture books (side note, I'm super big on incidental representation.

Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen