Polacco, Patricia. In Our Mother’s House. 2009. unp. Philomel, $17.99. (978-0-399-25076-7). Gr. 1-3.

Although the family of three children and two parents seem like any other family on the block, filled with love and respect, one woman doesn’t accept them because the two parents are both women. The narrator of the story from her adoption to her marriage is told by the oldest adopted child as she describes the joy and love in the house. The message is sweetly told with action-filled watercolors and fun experiences for the children. -Nel Ward