Asha’s Mums by Rosamund Elwin and Michele Paulse

Written By Paul Bouchey

    • Plot Summary: Asha, an African-Canadian girl whose lesbian mums become an issue for the teacher and the curiosity of classmates, responds with clarity and assuredness that having two mums is no big deal--they are a family.

    • Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gw4ZrFX6s0

    • The fact that Asha has two moms is the conflict of the story; not only do her classmates not believe her, but neither does her teacher. One classmate even suggests that it is bad to have two moms. Everything is solved by Asha’s moms coming in together to talk to her teacher. Afterwards everyone is accepted and all issues are resolved. The book has a nice multi-racial cast, but does not explain its hasty resolution.

Paul Bouchey
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