Family Found: A Queer Friendsgiving Celebration
$24.35
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2026
Summary
When celebrants gather for their annual Friendsgiving—Thanksgiving with their chosen family—each has a unique story to tell as a child tries to piece together how it all began.
No one remembers how it started.
The Friendsgiving gathering is moving into high gear, and for one child in the group, it’s a good time to ask some questions about the event’s history. Great-Uncle Billy, while snapping some green beans for the meal, says he was the one who started the tradition, back wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781536231182 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1536231185 |
| Author: | Joanna McClintick, Keisha Morris |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 465g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 260mm x 270mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
Critics Review
Conversational text twines LGBTQ+ history … and traditions of communal care… . It’s an accessible collective look back that resonates solidly with the present.
—Publishers Weekly
McClintick deftly tugs at the interwoven yarns of queer history, intergenerational storytelling, and collective heritage without unraveling into lesson-book boredom… . Morris’ textured illustrations and scrapbooklike spreads not only help ground this Friendsgiving tradition in living communal memory but, like the text, they also show readers that origins (especially queer ones) can be shared touchstones while still being fluid and self-determined. A poignant tale of belonging—joyful and out loud.
—Kirkus Reviews
McClintick uses these stories to honor the various joys and struggles of queer elders throughout history with care and reverence. Morris’s colorful illustrations burst with exuberance and personality as characters and narratives intersect. Our hero’s curiosity will resonate with young readers while underlining the most important element of queer traditions: ensuring they continue.
—Booklist
Joanna McClintick
Joanna McClintick is the author of ’Twas the Night Before Pride, illustrated by Juana Medina. A licensed social worker at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in Manhattan, she lives with her wife and child in Brooklyn.
Keisha Morris is the illustrator of How to Tantrum Like a Champion by Allan Wolf. She earned her BFA in illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. When she is not drawing, she loves spending time with her wife, daughter, and two cats. She lives in Maryland.
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