Children's Book Press - Antonio's Card / La tarjeta de Antonio

Family Pictures / Cuadros de familia. Paintings and Stories by Carmen Lomas Garza.
Featherless/Desplumado. Story by Juan Felipe Herrera. Illustrated by Ernesto Cuevas, Jr.
Grandma and Me at the Flea / Los Meros Meros Remateros. Story by Juan Felipe Herrera. Illustrated by Anita De Lucio-Brock.
In My Family / En mi familia. Paintings and Stories by Carmen Lomas Garza.
Soledad Sigh-Sighs / Soledad Suspiros. Story by Rigoberto González. Illustrated by Rosa Ibarra.

Books from Other Publishers
Abramchik, Lois. Is Your Family Like Mine? Open Heart Open Mind Publishing, 1993.

Alden, Joan. A Boy's Best Friend. Alyson Publications, 1999.

Elwin, Rosamund, and Michele Paulse. Asha's Mums. Women's Press, 1990.

Garden, Nancy. Holly's Secret. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000.

Gordon, Sol. All Families Are Different. Prometheus Books, 2000.

Greenberg, Keith Elliot. Zack's Story. Lerner Publishing Group, 1996.

Heron, Anne, and Meredith Maran. How Would You Feel If Your Dad Was Gay? Alyson Publications, 1991.

Jenness, Aylette. Families: A Celebration of Diversity, Commitment, and Love. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1993.

Kaeser, Gigi (photographer), Peggy Gillespie (editor). Love Makes a Family. University of Massachusetts Press, 1999.

Kaeser, Gigi (photographer), Peggy Gillespie (editor). Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families. University of Massachusetts Press, 1997.

Lamme, Linda Leonard, and Laurel A. Lamme. Welcoming Children from Sexual-Minority Families into Our Schools. Phi Delta Kappa International, Inc., 2003. (This is a title for adults.)

Newman, Lesléa. Heather Has Two Mommies. Alyson Publications, 2000.

Simon, Norma. All Kinds of Families. Albert Whitman & Co., 1976.

Skutch, Robert. Who's in a Family? Tricycle Press, 1997.

Snow, Judith E. How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent: A Book by Kids for Kids of All Ages. Harrington Park Press, 2004.

Wilhoite, Michael. Daddy's Roommate. Alyson Publications, 2000.

Wilson, Barbara. Clear Spring. The Feminist Press, 2002. (For Grades 4–6)

Websites

	aMaze
	American Families: Beyond the White Picket Fence
	COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere)
	Families Like Mine
	Family Diversity Projects
	Family Pride Coalition
	Rainbow Families
	That's a Family (Women's Educational Media has produced and distributed films and educational resources on issues ranging from environmental concerns to affordable housing to preventing prejudice.)
	GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network) - Book link for students in grades K-6.

Videos

	Both My Moms' Names Are Judy (10 minutes; available with Spanish subtitles). Produced by the Lesbian and Gay Parents Association.
	It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues In School (78 minutes, available with Spanish subtitles). Produced by New Day Films.
	No Dumb Questions (24 minutes). Produced by Epiphany Productions.
	Oliver Button Is a Star (60 minutes)
	Our House: A Very Real Documentary About Kids of Gay and Lesbian Parents. (56 minutes, appropriate for kids in older elementary grades). Produced by Sugar Pictures.
	That's a Family (35 minutes; available in English and Spanish). Produced by Women’s Educational Media.

Loreta Torres is a fourth grade bilingual two-way (Spanish Immersion and Spanish as a Second Language) teacher at Fairmount Elementary School in San Francisco, CA. Fairmount views all members of the community as teachers and learners, offering many programs supporting learning for families as well as students. Loreta is also a Bay Area Writing Project (BAWP) teacher consultant.

Christina Velasco is a fourth and fifth grade teacher at Fairmount Elementary School's immersion program. She is also a Bay Area Writing Project teacher consultant and taught a writing course for educators at UC Berkeley in the summer of 2004.

Diane Rosen is a second grade teacher at Miraloma Elementary School in San Francisco, CA. Diane has also taught at San Francisco State University in the Instructional Technology Department and has worked as an educational technology consultant for the San Francisco Unified Schools and educational software developers.

Meredith Fenton is the Program Director for COLAGE (Children Of Lesbians And Gays Everywhere), the only national organization working to engage, connect, and empower children, youth, and adults who have one or more LGBT parent(s). She provides a diverse array of programming in the Bay Area as well as around the country that focuses on support, education, and advocacy by and for children of LGBT parents.

Please share your own ideas for how to use Antonio's Card / La tarjeta de Antonio in the classroom. We'll be pleased to post your work on the website for other teachers to use. Email us your lesson plans at educators@childrensbookpress.org .