Uncle Bobby's Wedding

Chloes favorite uncle is getting married, and shes not happy about it. But after a magical day with Uncle Bobby and his boyfriend, Jamie, Chloe realizes shes not losing an uncle, but gaining one. 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.

Featured on Bank Streets Best Books of the Year list .

A joyous, heartwarming, sweet-and essential-update. Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW

Those we love, [Soto] and Brannen show, neednt change just because they love someone else, too-theres plenty of room in the human heart. Publishers Weekly

A large-hearted affirmation of societys newest kind of wedding. Booklist

Valiant, valid, validating, valuable. Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked

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

When Chloes favorite uncle announces that hes getting married, everyone is excited. Everyone except Chloe, that is. 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 shes afraid everything is going to change. 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.

Produced in coordination with GLAAD, this adorable picture book is a positive example of same-sex marriage and a celebration of family.