My Two Dads (My Family Set 1) (2025)

I like the idea of this series to normalize different types of families, but it falls flat in the execution.

The student reporter asking who reads her bedtime stories (Papi and Dad take turns), who loves her the best (both), who helps her with school projects (Papi) and who cooks meals (Papi) doesn’t add anything to the story. Some kids don’t have parents who read to them or help with projects so it seem presumptuous that the student reporter would ask these same questions to every student of the week. I would love the series to dive deeper and show parents with more realistic jobs.

I thought it was creepy that the teacher assigned Lenny as a reporter to go to Jazz’s house for information. I think the Jazz character should have had a different name as it comes across as trying to jump on the popularity of Jazz Jennings.

But I do like that the story shows how life at Jazz’s house is not really any different than life at a house with a “traditional” family. I think with a little tweaking this book could easily be a 5 star story.

This book shares the lifestyle of the non-traditional family life, but demonstrates how they are a very loving and happy family. It describes the different tasks that each dad usually completes at their home and shows a child's curiosity over this type of family style. I would use this in my classroom to talk about how everyone can have different home lives, but we have to always be respectful of our differences.

Story for young children. A young boy goes to his classmates home and learns all about her life with her two dads. Living with two dads is not treated as anything weird or different but the framework of the boy asking his classmate and her dads questions gives the opportunity to also dispel gender roles (dads can braid hairs and cook!).

This book is about a student learning about a fellow student's family. He is learning all about her life and that she happens to have two dads. I would use this book as an acceptance lesson, some people have two dads or moms, some people only have one parent.

3.5 stars

Good LGBT book.

Very enjoyable...and nicely adds to the need of diverse books.

Lenny the class reporter is headed home with a another student to learn about her family. Jasmine lives on a farm with her two dads. Preschool and up

I love that this book showing same-sex families in everyday situations, however, this book just missed the mark for me.

This book illustrates a child having two dads. It has some funny moments and also is not so "in your face" with activist statements. The illustrations are pleasant and add to the story.

A gentle way to show different kinds of families.

This book is about a kid who has two dads and has his friend over and shows him all the special things he does with his two dads that make his family who they are. I would use this book to introduce different family dynamics. I may do a puppet show after where we represent these family dynamics or pair it with a movie about different family dynamics.

I thought this book was a very simple, yet enjoyable book about having two dads. I loved the pictures that had the white background and more watercolor and vibrant pictures throughout the story. There was a certain style that it had that traveled with. I think what made the book so good was how conversational it was. Along with going home and working on their school project, they fed the horses and danced. But throughout all of it, Lenny the little boy would ask Jazz questions about what it was like having two dads. At this age, kids ask so many questions because they are curious so it is just the norm. However, I know sometimes when kids are faced with the unknown the questions can be too much. And without even knowing can be hurtful. So, if I were to read this to my future classroom I would talk with my students about the idea first. That when we are face to face with someone that their life or family is different than us. It is okay to be curious and want to ask questions. But first and foremost is to make sure they are comfortable and what you ask is to learn, and not to hurt or make fun.

Unlike the My Grandparents volume of this series, My Two Dads sets up the premise of the series from the beginning of the story, so the reader understands that Lenny is the class reporter. Lenny spends the evening with Jazz, who lives with her two dads on a horse farm. The text does a great job of displaying how the family works together at home and on the farm, with Dad and Papi helping with different tasks. Although all kinds of families should be shown as the norm in fictional literature, when the focus of the series is diversity, the text should explain the differences that exist, which this story does not. Perhaps Lenny could talk about the ways in which his family does things differently than or the same as Jazz’s family. The digital cartoon characters have exaggerated features and especially big eyes. This title is appropriate to share with children in grades kindergarten through third.

With large exaggerated features, the characters in Harrington's book focuses on a family consisting of a second grade daughter, Jasmine or Jazz for short, and her two fathers who she calls Dad and Papi. Lenny, the class reporter and classmate, is visiting Jazz's home to interview and take photos to spotlight Jazz as the Student of the Week. Lenny soon discovers Jazz's family is not so different from his own.

The book seems choppy in places. My guess is because Lenny, as the class reporter is trying to cover all of the focus questions needed for his story. There are better titles available to show diverse families which flow better and seem to convey a true story and not fill a niche.

Cute, maybe 3.5 is a more accurate rating. It does have very nice pictures/drawings, & is a nice, cute little story! Good for little kids, or big kids reading to little kids!

Adorable book. Highly recommend for children of same sex, opposite sex parents, and single parent households.

I liked the book a lot. It was like kind of weird and kind of not weird. The jokes wasn't that funny but I liked it. You know why I thought the jokes wasn't funny? Cause I didn't understand them. Well, that's all.