Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen

The tale of a child's uncertainty and jealousy at her uncle's wedding someone who just happens to be another man and the family's carefree celebration of that union remains essentially the same. Brannen reworks the text of her out-of-print and oft-challenged 2008 title to good effect. Flower girl Chloe helps out at the wedding, and they all dance the night away. Roasting marshmallows over a campfire, Chloe happily says, 'I wish both of you were my uncles'-and of course they tell her she will get that wish. They go sailing, and Jamie is the first to jump in when Chloe tumbles out of the boat.

Bobby and Jamie take Chloe to the ballet and joke afterward at a soda shop. When she expresses her concern to her mother, Mom says she should talk to Uncle Bobby, who reassures Chloe that they will still have plenty of fun together-and then sets out to prove it. When Uncle Bobby announces at the first picnic of the summer that he and 'his friend, Jamie,' are getting married, everyone is happy except Chloe. Uncle Bobby is getting married-but his niece Chloe doesn't know if that is a good idea. Produced in coordination with GLAAD, this adorable picture book is a positive example of same-sex marriage and a celebration of family. Can Uncle Bobby and his boyfriend Jamie show Chloe that, when it comes to family, the more the merrier? In this inspiring, love-filled story, Chloe learns just what family means. What if Uncle Bobby no longer has time for picnics, swimming, or flying kites? Chloe just wants to keep having fun with her favorite uncle, but she's afraid everything is going to change. When Chloe's favorite uncle announces that he's getting married, everyone is excited. 'With warm, richly colored, and expressive illustrations by Lucia Soto, the book, published in partnership with GLAAD, serves as a gentle and welcome celebration of the different shapes love and family can take.' Boston Globe 'Valiant, valid, validating, valuable.' Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked 'A large-hearted affirmation of society's newest kind of wedding.' Booklist 'Those we love, and Brannen show, needn't change just because they love someone else, too-there's plenty of room in the human heart.' Publishers Weekly 'A joyous, heartwarming, sweet-and essential-update.' Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW Selected by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best picture books of 2020 and by the American Library Association as a 2021 Rainbow Book List title, celebrate family with this gorgeous picture book.įeatured on Bank Street's Best Books of the Year list. But after a magical day with Uncle Bobby and his boyfriend, Jamie, Chloe realizes she's not losing an uncle, but gaining one. Chloe's favorite uncle is getting married, and she's not happy about it.

Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen