Kids
Book Review: Keesha and Her Two Moms Go Swimming by Monica Bey-Clarke and Cheril N. Clarke
Keesha loves to go to the pool with her two moms. She loves playing with her friends, splashing, and jumping. But she spots one boy at the pool who looks sad. Can Keesha help cheer him up?
Keesha’s two moms have taught her that it is important to be kind to everyone. The sad boy, Kyle, is only sad because no one will play with him. Keesha knows how to fix that! She invites him over to play with her and her friends, and they have fun the rest of the day. Keesha’s moms are proud of her for being nice to Kyle. They even cook her favorite dinner for her and give her an extra scoop of ice cream.
Keesha and Her Two Moms Go Swimming shows how being nice to others can help you make new friends. It shows lots of different types of families, too. Keesha has two moms. Kyle has a mom and a dad. Keesha’s other friend, Tyler, has two dads. The pictures are bright and colorful, and if you are just learning how to read, this is a great book to help you practice.
This book, illustrated by Aiswarya Mukherjee, is available at www.MyFamilyProducts.net. The website promotes multicultural books for children with same-gender parents. If you enjoy this book, check out the book review for The Lopez Family: Science Fair Day by the same authors.
Author
Assistant Kids section editor Hannah Crawford graduated from Carleton College with a major in English and a concentration in Latin American Studies. Apart from reading, her great love is theater, which is one of the many reasons she is very excited to have recently moved to Minneapolis.
