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A Kid of Their Own
A companion book to A Crow of His Own
- Published on February 11, 2020 with Charlesbridge, illustrated by Jessica Lanan
- 1580898793 (ISBN13: 9781580898799)
- Order from Independent Booksellers, or at Amazon.
- A CCBC Choices 2021 title
- Included on the 2021 Mass Book Awards Long List as a Must Read title in the Picture Book/Early Reader category.
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….”
