{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/4e6a5457-80f0-47aa-813f-4e3d2f9a1780/96a6f51f-9297-44d3-a9ea-1593fcc3cd49?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Reading is fundamental: The best books about LGBTQ+ Families and why we need more of them","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611ee26906c05e3010f40f34/611ee2832650570013ca53a3.png?height=200","description":"<p>To celebrate World Book Day it’s Some Families inaugural book special! Lotte and Stu talk to different authors and illustrators&nbsp;about LGBTQ+ family books. Stu talks to Carolyn Robertson, author and owner of Sparklypoo Publications. Carolyn wrote Two Dads, that Will Young read on CBeebies Bedtime&nbsp;Stories. Lotte chats to Garry and Gareth, the illustrator and author of the new book, My Daddies, the&nbsp;first LGBTQ+ family book published by a major publishing house. They talk about how important it is for&nbsp;people to continue to write LGBTQ+ family books, just because there are some out there already,&nbsp;there is space for a lot more!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>LINKS&nbsp;</p><p><strong>My Daddies:</strong> <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3cEUm3o\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://amzn.to/3cEUm3o</a></p><p><strong>Gareth</strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.garethpeter.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.garethpeter.co.uk</a></p><p><strong>Garry</strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.garryparsons.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.garryparsons.co.uk</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.sparklypoo.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.sparklypoo.com</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/carolyncursive\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/carolyncursive</a></p><p><br></p><p>BOOKS MENTIONED</p><p>My Daddies by Gareth Peter and Garry Parsons</p><p>Two Mums and a Menage and Two Dads by Carolyn Robertson</p><p>Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love</p><p>The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson</p><p>The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad</p><p>Heather Has Two Mummies by Lesléa Newman</p><p>Princess Kevin by Michael Escoffier</p><p>Spacegirl Pukes and If I had 100 Mummies by Vanda Carter</p><p>Hello Sailor by Ingrid Godon</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Some Families is a StoryHunter Production </strong></p>","author_name":"STORYHUNTER"}