Published July 12, 2021 at 3:12 PM CDT Listen • 18:32
/ Julie Schanke Lyford and Robert Schanke s new children s book Katy Has Two Grandpas came out in 2021
Host Charity Nebbe talks with the authors of the children s book Katy Has Two Grandpas
Katy is a young girl preparing to introduce her married grandpas to her classmates on Grandparents Day, but she has a speech impediment that makes her reluctant to speak in front of others. In Katy Has Two Grandpas
, Julie Schanke Lyford and her dad Robert Schanke tell the story of how Katy overcomes her fears.
In this episode of
Talk of Iowa, the authors tell host Charity Nebbe that the book came out of a want for families like theirs to be seen too.
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Co-written by Julie Schanke Lyford and Robert A. Schanke,
Katy Has Two Grampas features illustrations by Mariia Luzino. This book is based on an incident that happened to my daughter Katy, wrote Lyford on the book s website. It is filled with dozens of colorful original images and tells the story of a first-grade girl with a lisp who is always misunderstood by her classmates and teacher. One day when Katy talks about her two gay grampas, she becomes frustrated when the teacher thinks she means grampa and gramma. With the help of her big sister, Katy is able to let her teacher know what she is trying to say. Finally, because she has such love for her grampas, who just so happen to be gay, and so much trust in their understanding her, she unexpectedly shines when introducing them at a classroom party for grandparents.