# Uncle Bobby's Wedding - Hardcover

by **Sarah S. Brannen** (Author), **Lucia Soto** (Illustrator)

**Chloe's favorite uncle is getting married, and she's not happy about it. But after a magical day with Uncle Bobby and his boyfriend, Jamie, Chloe realizes she's not losing an uncle, but gaining one. Selected by _Kirkus Reviews_ as one of the best picture books of 2020 and by the American Library Association as a 2021 Rainbow Book List title, celebrate family with this gorgeous picture book.**  
  
**Featured on Bank Street's _Best Books of the Year_ list .**  
  
**"A joyous, heartwarming, sweet-and essential-update." _Kirkus Reviews,_ STARRED REVIEW**

**"Those we love, \[Soto\] and Brannen show, needn't change just because they love someone else, too-there's plenty of room in the human heart." _Publishers Weekly_**

**"A large-hearted affirmation of society's newest kind of wedding." _Booklist_**

**"Valiant, valid, validating, valuable." Gregory Maguire, author of _Wicked_**  
  
**"With warm, richly colored, and expressive illustrations by Lucia Soto, the book, published in partnership with GLAAD, serves as a gentle and welcome celebration of the different shapes love and family can take."** **_Boston Globe_**

When Chloe's favorite uncle announces that he's getting married, everyone is excited. Everyone except Chloe, that is. What if Uncle Bobby no longer has time for picnics, swimming, or flying kites? Chloe just wants to keep having fun with her favorite uncle, but she's afraid everything is going to change. Can Uncle Bobby and his boyfriend Jamie show Chloe that, when it comes to family, the more the merrier? In this inspiring, love-filled story, Chloe learns just what family means.

Produced in coordination with GLAAD, this adorable picture book is a positive example of same-sex marriage and a celebration of family.

### Author Biography

Sarah Brannen is an award-winning author and illustrator of more than twenty books for children, including _Bear Needs Help_, _Madame Martine__,_ _Seashells: More Than a Home,_ and _Feathers: Not Just for Flying_. She also illustrated the 40th-anniversary edition of _All Kinds of Families_ by Norma Simon. Sarah lives near Boston, Massachusetts. Learn more at sarahbrannen.com.

Lucia Soto is an illustrator and graphic designer who loves Julie London and Art Deco, and is afraid of pigeons. After working as an art director in advertising, Lucia decided to set up her own studio and make beautiful art. _Uncle Bobby's Wedding_ is her debut picture book. She lives with her husband and their tiny apple tree in London, England. luciasoto.com

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.3 x 11.3 x 8.8 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** May 12, 2020

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Uncle Bobby's Wedding

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 2.7

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

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