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This list was created by the Family Equality Council and is reprinted with their permission. To see their entire list of children's books featuring diverse family forms, click here.
Children's Books featuring Single Fathers Bang, Molly. Ten, Nine, Eight, 1983 The Paper Crane, 1985 Baum, Louis. I Want to See the Moon, 1989; One More Time, 1986 Eichler, Margrit. Martin's Father, 1971 Jam, Teddy. Night Cars, 1989 Ormerod, Jan. Dad's Back; Messy Baby; Reading; Sleeping, 1985 Browne, Anthony. Gorilla, 1985 Say, Allen. The Lost Lake, 1989 Steptoe, John. Daddy is a Monster... Sometimes, 1980 Fassler, David; McQueen, Kelly. What's a Virus Anyway?: The Kid Book about AIDS, 1987 Hausherr. Rosemarie. Children and the AIDS Virus: A Book for Children, Parents, and Teachers, 1989 Merrifield, Margaret. Come Sit By Me, 1990; Come Sit By Me Poster, 1993;
Children's Books featuring Single Mothers Galloway, Priscilla. Good Times, Bad Times- Mummy and Me, 1980 Griffith, Helen V. Grandaddy's Place, 1987 Hughes, Shirly. Alfie Gets in First, 1981; Alfie Gives a Hand, 1983 Jonas, Ann. The Trek, 1985 Loewen, Iris. My Mom is so Unusual, 1986 O'Donnell, Elizabeth Lee. Maggie Doesn't Want to Move, 1987 Rossner, Ruth. Arraba Gah Zee, Marissa and Me, 1987 Schwartz, Amy. Oma and Bobo, 1987 Williams, Vera B. A Chair for My Mother, 1982; Something Special for Me, 1983; Music, Music for Everyone, 1984
Interiview with children's book writer Todd Parr Missing some of the rituals and books from her conservative upbringing, former AtMP board member Karen Sosnoski was happy to have found the alternative-family friendly ritual of sharing Todd Parr's progressive children's books with her daughter and partner.
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AtMP in the media
| AtMP speaks out in a New York Times opinion piece by Cindy, "Unmarried and Ignored by the GOP." You can read it here: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/04/24/are-family-values-outdated/unmarried-and-ignored-by-the-gop |
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Cindy Butler talks about the implications of the rising rate of singlehood and the declining rate of marriage on "Single- the New Married" on Relationships360 BlogTalkRadio on March 15, 2012. |
| "More couples stay happily unmarried" Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 11, 2012. AtMP Executive Director Cindy Butler addresses the unfair difficulties cohabiting partners face in an effort to care for one another. |




