One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads

[1] The intended audience is elementary school children, and it discusses all kinds of different fathers, including having two dads.

[2] The storybook is intended to inform young children that it is okay to have different types of parents, and refutes the "one size fits all model."

[4] The story begins with the protagonist, an unnamed elementary school girl, exclaiming, "I don't know who has dads that are blue!"

For example, Nathalie op de Beeck, an assistant professor from Illinois State University, claims that gay and lesbian picture books are becoming more inclusive through the scope of their titles.

The book was initially banned by the Surrey School Board based on the contents of its dedication, which reads: "To Jacob, who has only one mom and one dad, But don't feel sorry for him - they are both pretty great parents.

When brought forward to the Supreme Court of Canada, the following was stated: "No age is too tender for children to learn the value of tolerance.

"[14] The resulting challenge has allowed free access to the book, as the morals teach tolerance, regardless of how different one is from another.