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Street Lavender
by Chris HuntWillie Smith, on the streets from an early age, earns his living and hopes for love in nineteenth-century London.
One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads
by Johnny ValentineFrom the book: "Blue dads? BLUE dads!? I don't know who has dads that are blue!" "I do! My name is Lou. I have two dads who both are blue."
The Daddy Machine
by Johnny ValentineThis is the second edition and it has extensively revised text and new art work. The first edition was published in 1994. "It had levers of purple and panels of green. It had gizmos and gadgets and more. There were silvery gears, and a big motor, too. We spread them all out on the floor. I said, "Let's make a robot, a clever machine, that can run around doing the chores! We'll design it to sweep, and to vacuum the rugs. And it might even wax all the floors!" "Oh, but I've got a better idea!" said Sue. "Who cares if the carpet is clean? Why, we'll take all these parts and invent for ourselves, the world's very first Daddy Machine."
Daddy's Roommate
by Michael Willhoite"My mommy and daddy got a divorce last year. Now there is somebody new at Daddy's house." An easy-to-read picture book which tells how one boy adjusts to his parents' divorce and his Daddy's new partner. Simply told and positively presented.
Silent Heart
by Claire McnabFROM THE PUBLISHER Romantic fireworks from Claire McNab, whose dazzling Under the Southern Cross topped the bestseller lists, whose Carol Ashton mystery series has brought her international renown
And Tango Makes Three
by Peter Parnell Justin RichardsonTrue story: Two male penguins fell in love and became a couple. They followed all the egg rituals they saw around them but didn't get a baby. A zookeeper gave them another penguin's egg and they incubated it and raised it as their own baby. The story is wonderful. The authors' notes at the end give many more details of the true story. This is an excellent book for a book report.
A B C, A Family Alphabet Book
by Bobbie Combs"R is for rainbow. Sometimes after it rains, we can see a rainbow in the sky. S is for snow. In the wintertime, I can write my name in the snow."
The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans and Other Stories
by Johnny ValentineThere are 5 re-tellings of classic fairy tales, each with a twist. In "The Frog Prince" the prince is rescued by a boy his age and taken back to live in his family, which has two dads. The two boys grow up as brothers and no one is the wiser. In "Eaglerider," young Scarlett, being raised by her two mothers, wants to become an Eaglerider, previously a job only allowed to boys. One of her mothers offers to cut Scarlett's hair and dress her in boys' clothes so that she may become an Eaglerider. She changes her name to Red and proceeds to outwit a dragon and win the king and queen's praise. At the time of receiving a medal, she comes out as a girl, after which time the job is open to both girls and boys. The third tale, "Dragon Sense," tells of a boy named Peter who outwits a dragon to get jewels to pay the rent for his two mothers. The next story, "The Ogre's Boots" points out that being the smallest can have its own rewards to outwit an ogre and save a family and town from death. The final story, "The Prince Who Outlawed Jelly Beans" is a funny one. With sarcasm and humor, Anna and her friends draw the line when the silly prince outlaws families that have more or less than one mother and one father. Their plan worked, and jellybeans became legal to eat again. Other delightful stories by this author are available from Bookshare.
Shadow Man
by Melissa ScottIn this future, there are five human sexual identities throughout the galaxy, and humanity has adjusted to this new culture. Except on the planet Hara: Here everyone must choose to be a man or a woman, and that is final. For hundreds of years, Hara has been out of contact with the Concord, the organization of human worlds, until this moment. Business between Harans and outsiders with different cultural assumptions is a profoundly destabilizing challenge to traditional Haran society. Warreven is a successful Haran attorney, a man who could have married the son of the ruler of the planet if he had chosen to be a woman. But Warreven is neither a man nor a woman, and his daily life is radically in conflict with his world. The social and political situation forces Warreven into the limelight and into the most bizarre identity crisis in contemporary science fiction, which is also the crisis of his world. No one remains as they were on Hara. "Scott
I Knew You Would Call
by Kate AllenAt times hard to follow who is who and the relationships. Marta, coming out of a deep depression following an obsessive abusive relationship, gets innocently pulled into another similar dynamic via a woman she assisted on a psychic reading hotline. However, this relationship ends in a death and there is a child involved. Marta is sure that Polly is innocent and sets about proving so. Meanwhile, there are periodic intrusions from the skinhead gang living across the street from the large lesbian household. Some violence and sex.
Lesbomania
by Jorjet HarperCollection of newspaper columns by lesbian author. Printed in 1994, most now seem dated or irrelevant, little of humor, but part of history.
Light Before Day
by Christopher RiceFrom the book jacket: In California's Central Valley, an explosion of white-hot methamphetamine rips through a trailer, its blinding flash killing a dedicated schoolteacher in search of a student whose life is in danger. . . . In West Hollywood, a young reporter discovers that a Marine helicopter pilot visited the gay ghetto just days before he sent his chopper spiraling into the Pacific Ocean .... And in the wilds of California's Coast Ranges, a mercilessly angry young woman pursues the mythic killer she believes has murdered her mother. . . . So begins Light Before Day, a dark new thriller of revenge and sexual obsession from New York Times best-selling author Christopher Rice.
Maybe Next Time
by Karin KallmakerSabrina Starling doesn't need love. She has fame as a concert violinist, houses on three continents, and available women for company. Nothing can shake her except the memory of her first love.
Wild Dogs: A Novel
by Helen HumphreysA haunting story of love and wildness; a group of people try to call their dogs back from a pack in the forest.
Daughters of an Emerald Dusk
by Katherine V. ForrestSequel to Daughters of an Amber Noon; about a planet populated by only women.
Faith For Beginners: A Novel
by Aaron HamburgerIn 2000 a woman travels with her ailing husband and one of her two gay sons to Israel.
Things No Longer There: A Memoir of Losing Sight and Finding Vision
by Susan KriegerEven before the author lost her sight, she was interested in how things are never as we recall them.
With You Or Without You
by Lauren SandersA high schooler in jail because she murdered a soap star; the mother of the soap star also has a story.
Choices
by Nancy ToderChoices is a novel about lesbian love, depicting the joy, passion, conflicts and intensity of love between women In this straightforward, sensitive novel, Nancy Toder conveys the fear and confusion of a woman coming to terms with her sexual and emotional attraction to other women.
Nora and Liz
by Nancy GardenWhen her rental car has a flat tire Liz reluctantly stops at the old Tillot farm to borrow a jack. Walking out to the barn together two women unknowingly take the first steps on a path that will change both of their lives forever. But when their tender friendship turns passionate, Nora and Liz's happiness is shattered by accusations and rumors. Trying desperately to rise above the tumult, they silently wonder if their love can survive.
Room for Love
by Frankie J. JonesWhen sexy Texas rancher Beth Harman hires strong, tan, and ruggedly handsome Jo Merrick to build a room onto her remote cabin they both know there's trouble ahead. Two years after the death of her beloved partner, Jo tries to resist Beth in order to honor her commitment to the past. As Beth and her daughter Tracy begin to chip away at the walls Jo has built around her heart, Jo begins to believe that she could find love again. But Beth's past, too, threatens this new passion: when Jo learns Beth's terrible secret -- and discovers that Beth has another lover -- she tries to protect her heart and walk away. Were it not for the series of dramatic events that follow, and Beth's commitment to their fledgling relationship, Jo might never again make room for love.
A Density Of Souls
by Christopher RiceSet in New Orleans; four high school friends torn apart by secrets and violence; five years later more secrets discovered.