A Kid of Their Own

A Kid of Their Own

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A Kid of Their Own
A companion book to A Crow of His Own

Now that Clyde the rooster has mastered his crow, everyone at Sunrise Farm asks him to take it down a notch when newcomers Fran the goat and her kid, Rowdy, join the gang. How will Clyde adjust to having a new kid around?


Many thanks to the Massachusetts Center for the Book for including A Kid of Their Own on the long list for the 2021 Mass Book Award as a “Must Read” title in the picture book/early reader category

So pleased to see A Kid of Their Own included on the CCBC Choices 2021 list. It’s under the heading “Picture Books for Young Children,” and I am thrilled to see it alongside some remarkable titles from 2020.

Advance Praise:

“A sweet and unusual new-baby story with an uncommonly broadening vocabulary.” – Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review!

Read the cover reveal post at Mombian.com: A Kid of Their Own Offers “Twice the Dads and Twice the Dad Jokes”

“I’m very excited to be bringing you the official, full-cover reveal of A Kid of Their Own, by Megan Dowd Lambert, her second picture book about a group of barnyard friends and the two farmers—a gay couple—who care for them. Lambert also shares with Mombian readers a little about her motivations, the importance of language when talking about adoptive families, and why her fictional world includes both anthropomorphic animals and humans….”

A Kid of Their Own