This book is designed to help children from all kinds of families answer the age old question “what makes a family?” By opening beginning difficult conversations, we can foster acceptance and tolerance; thereby combatting bullying. With the ever-changing social and political climate; there is no better time for a book like this. What family is all about and is a start to teach young children about tolerance and acceptance to combat bullying in school..
“Special Man” is now available at Asbury Galleria of Asbury Park, as well as _www.amazon.com_ (http://www.amazon.com/) . Yevgeniya Kanterezhi, native from Southern part of former Soviet Union, now the country of Uzbekistan, came to life to the United States when she was only 16 years old. She barely spoke English, but after a few years of ESL classes in high school, English became her second language. She then graduated from Montclair State University with Bachelor of Science degree. Yevgeniya, who goes by the American name of Jeannie, had a hard time coming out to her family as a gay woman at the age of 25. But, after numerous discussions with her father, she opened his heart to her then girlfriend and now wife, Gabrielle. Five years later, Jeannie and Gabrielle had a commitment ceremony and two years later, their beautiful son, Dante was born. In 2010 their family was complete when their daughter, Alexandra was born. Jeannie and Gabrielle had chosen an open donor, who touched their heart with his answers during an interview that he gave when signing up as a sperm donor. Their son, who is now 5 has been inquiring about where he came from and after months and months of researching, the two women could not find any children’s books that explain a sperm donor and two mommies. Jeannie, then, took upon herself to write a book, which she called “Special Man”. She illustrated it and self-published it. Jeannie wrote this book in hopes of helping other families and children to be open and accepting of all kinds of families. thanks Steve Herman, 805 6th ave, AP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
