title: Rainbow Family Collections: Selecting and Using Children's Books with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Content (Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference)
author:  Jamie Campbell Naidoo 
description: This well-researched book is a much-needed tool, providing a wealth of information on how to welcome rainbow families into the library. Including several chapters of informational material, with statistical backup, Naidoo has created a resource that is not only an excellent annotated bibliography, but also one that presents the material with historical context and ideas for implementation in a library setting. It provides guidance to selectors who need to evaluate and choose children's books with LGBT content and educates librarians about the many ways we might get this material into the hands of our patrons. Readers are provided with a clear definition of what constitutes a rainbow family, along with descriptions of issues its members might face and what libraries can do to provide a safe and welcoming space for them. According to statistics, 96 percent of all United States counties include LGBTQ couples raising children. Librarians need this book to help ensure that those families' needs are being met.-Sharon McKellar, Oakland Public Library, CA(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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  ### Accidental Desperados
  
  
  #### Synopsis
  
  
  
  
  
  In this second book of the Rainbow Gap Lesbian Family Saga, MJ
  
  
  Beaudry, an angry, brilliant, abused runaway, is dumped in Rainbow Gap,
  
  
  Florida, and almost immediately discovers an aptitude for crime. The lesbian
  
  
  cop who catches her expects good-hearted lovers Jaudon Vicker and Berry
  Garland
  
  
  to save the kid. Although Jaudon’s business has suffered a killing blow and
  
  
  she’s frantic to make it right, she was once a besieged gay kid herself and
  
  
  reaches out, only to find herself in cahoots with MJ.
  
  
  
  
  
  Berry is left in the dark, her own big dream on hold, and fears
  
  
  losing her love as Jaudon is swallowed by work and guilt. Berry, salt-of-the-
  earth
  
  
  Gran, besotted-with-MJ Vonnie Lowe, Allison the social justice warrior, and
  
  
  scofflaws Shady and Tad all stand behind Jaudon, but are they enough?
  
  
  
  
  
  Or will it take this next generation of lesbians—MJ and Vonnie—to
  
  
  lead the way?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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