It was the ninth most frequently banned book in the 1990s, and a Texas pastor checked it out of a local library and refused to return it. That simple book sparked a not-so-simple backlash. It's been 25 years since Leslea Newman wrote "Heather Has Two Mommies," an illustrated story that follows a little girl named Heather (who has two arms, two legs, two pets and two mommies), as she heads off to her first day of school. Newman, who wrote the original version of "Heather Has Two Mommies," 25 years ago, about a little girl named Heather and her two happy mommies, has updated the book with fresh illustrations from a new artist. Facebook Email Author Leslea Newman, of Holyoke, Mass., displays a copy of her book "Heather Has Two Mommies," in Holyoke, March 11, 2015.
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