Author Seamus Kirst Talks New Children's Book Celebrating Diverse Families
As Cheddar News observes Pride Month, we're highlighting Seamus Kirst, author of Dad and Daddy's Big Family. The book celebrates diversity within a families and according to Kirst, he was driven to write this book because of varying family dynamics and the need to allow others to see themselves. "I think it just so nice to be able to put books out that really just, matter of fact, have two dads because I don't remember reading a single book that had same-sex parents when I was a kid even though Heather Has Two Mommies and books like that did exist. I don't remember reading them in school or at a story time," he said.
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