![]() Russel Hughes told a local news program, “What is necessary varies. In response to the obvious question - why ban this and the other 57 titles on the list? - School Superintendent A. And everyone can find themselves in Everywhere Babies.Įveryone except, apparently, the small-minded people who sit on the school board in Walton County, Florida, where - for the first time ever - the book was just banned. The writing is magical, the pictures always hold something new, and the emotions and humor are right on point. Written by Susan Meyers and illustrated by Marla Frazee, the book, which was first published in 2001, depicts a delightful multitude of colorfully dressed babies being cared for and doted on by almost every permutation of family that you could imagine. A lesbian couple? Gay dads? An interracial couple? Single parents? Grandparents? A trans-racial adoption? This book offers every new family the gift of being seen, just going about their everyday lives as regular people. ![]() ![]() If there’s one thing I’ve been consistent with over my years as a parent, it is showing up to every single baby shower I am invited to with a copy of Everywhere Babies, a brilliantly inclusive picture book celebrating the ordinary and miraculous ways that families love their babies. ![]()
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