What Does A Princess Really Look Like? by Mark Loewen

The first is that I want kids to see themselves in books. When I write books with LGBT characters, I have two goals.

Basically, they are just being regular families that like having fun together! What is your goal with this coloring book? They are either baking together, playing video games, riding roller coasters, celebrating holidays, or on some other fun adventure. They are all having fun in different ways. The True Colors of Family is full of illustrations of families with two moms, two dads, single parents, and even a few pictures of childless families. It is Volume 1 of the Celebrating LGBT Families series. That’s how The True Colors of Family was born. Then, BQB Publishing said they were interested in creating a series out of it. So, I talked to an illustrator (who chose to remain anonymous because of personal reasons) and we worked on illustrations of LGBT families. But there was nothing about our families. I always buy coloring books for my daughter that have an empowering message or show some sort of diversity. I’m a sucker for anything with a positive message. That became The True Colors of a Princess.Īt that time, I realized that even though there are quite a few picture books that explain gay families, there really weren’t any coloring books with LGBT families. Then we thought it would be cool to do a coloring book where we could take the concepts of diversity and empowerment in the picture book, and really drive them home. So when I then told my friend about the conversation with my daughter, she told me, “There’s your book!” I created a story out of the conversation, and BQB Publishing published it. We needed books where people were just the way they were. I had told a friend before that we needed more children’s books where kids just happened to have gay parents, and where there wasn’t a specific LGBT issue at hand.

I actually released a picture book in 2018, titled What Does a Princess Really Look Like? after a conversation about princesses that I had with my daughter. How did you come up with the idea for the coloring book? I interviewed him about why he decided to create this book and what he hopes families will gain by having this coloring book for their kids. The book is currently available for pre-orders and has a release date of March 23. He created the book so kids like his daughter could see themselves, but he also sees it as an opportunity for everyone to learn more about LGBT families. Mark Loewen’s latest coloring book The True Colors of Family Coloring Book (Celebrating LGBT Families)features coloring pages of families with two moms, two dads, single parents, and even childless families.

What Does A Princess Really Look Like? by Mark Loewen