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Age range 3 to 9 I Promise captures with love and honesty the intimate moments of parenting in all their messy glory - from dealing with a kid who doesn't want to brush their teeth to looking under the bed for monsters to cuddling after a long day. This charming picture book showcases the many shapes, sizes, and colours that families come in, emphasising that every queer family starts with the sacred promise to love a child. 'I Promise is a children'spicture book that aims to take the heteronormative conversation of the 'birdsand the bees' and turn it on its head. Since many folks from the queercommunity resort to various measures of conception from sperm donation tosurrogate parents, I wanted to write a picture book where the conversationabout where babies come from is refocused on the promise to love a child.' - Catherine Hernandez

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Hernandez's narrative is less an explanation of what queer families are than it is a quiet celebration of their presence. A normalizing view of often stigmatized families, tenderly told. &emdash;Kirkus

Hernandez's narrative is less an explanation of what queer families are than it is a quiet celebration of their presence. A normalizing view of often stigmatized families, tenderly told. &emdash;Kirkus

"""Hernandez's narrative is less an explanation of what queer families are than it is a quiet celebration of their presence. A normalizing view of often stigmatized families, tenderly told."" &emdash;Kirkus"

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Syrus Marcus Ware is a Vanier Scholar, visual artist, activist, curator, and educator. Syrus's work explores social justice frameworks and black activist culture. Syrus is a core-team member of both Black Lives Matter Toronto and Blackness Yes!/Blockorama. Syrus has won several awards, including the TD Diversity Award in 2017. Syrus is a PhD candidate at York University in the Faculty of Environmental Studies.

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