A delightful way to learn the history of the first gay marriage, telling the story through the eyes & voice of the two groom cake toppers, juxtaposing the steps in baking a cake with the steps these two men took to be legally married. Love, determination, perseverance, equality all topped with heart.

Told from the perspective of two groom cake toppers about the first same-sex marriage in the US. I loved hearing the story of Jack and Michael, how their love story unfolded. The cake making metaphor was a bit heavy handed for me, as the men’s story was strong enough on its own. Vintage colors recall the early 70s.

2 male groom cake toppers use the process of baking a cake to tell the real life story of the first gay wedding in the 1970s. This is an odd fiction framework to me, it might work better as non fiction. Love the extensive back matter and photos of Jack and Michael. Check out the case cover art!

This story follows two men and their journey to get married while two male wedding cake toppers tell the story of how their cake was made.There are two pages in the back that follow the timeline of same-sex and LGBTQ+ rights, and a following two that show actual pictures of the couple's lives together including their marriage certificate.

Loved this true story (!!) told with a baking-a-cake-as-building-a-relationship mechanic.

While the comparison of relationships and cake is clever, it does feel a touch disconnected from the rest of the story, which is the really interesting part of the book. Still glad it exists. And the art is nice.

CWs: homophobiaOVERALL: This is a really cute, informative book that would be so great for children. I love the illustrations as well as the factual information included.STORY: It was so fun to follow Jack and Michael’s journey and learn more about America’s first legally married gay couple, as well as the battle towards marriage rights for all queer couples.STRUCTURE: The blurb about the real Jack and Michael and timeline at the end were nice! However, I wish there was slightly more info includ...

This one is getting a different review than I usually write as it is a picture book. This one is a great story for both children and adults, I think this is best suited for children ages 5+. I think its a great way to introduce this topic to children and teach them about the first gay wedding and begin the discussion on gay marriage.The story in this book is easy to read and follow along. I love how this book connected gay marriage to baking a bake. I liked how as they tell you the story of baki...

Two Grooms on a Cake- The Story of America's First Gay Wedding is written by Rob Sanders and illustrated by Robbie Cathro. It is a children's book that tells the love story of Jack Baker and Michael McConnell. It tells their story and how they became the first gay couple to get married. It tells their live story and the fight for marriage equality in the United States, by comparing it to baking a cake.I am so greatful that children's book exist that represent different types of families. I can't...

Meet Michael and Jack, two friends who became lifelong partners, and the first officially married gay couple in America. Told through the combination of interspersed story of their meeting and life mixed with the making of the two groom-topped wedding cake, and cartoonish but sincere illustrations by Robbie Cathro, this is a book that tells you that love is infinite, no matter the obstacles.

After being denied a marriage license, Jack and Michael come up with a plan so that they could legally wed. Their home state did not want to make a big deal out it, so they were allowed to remain legally married.I did not know their story and it both made me smile and made me sad. How many other couples could have led happily married life if they had come up with a plan similar to Jack and Michael's?

This was super cute!!! I liked how it was playful and explained things in a way that (hopefully) kids will understand. I adore how they used baking as a way to explain love and dating! I mean who would have thought of that?! Like I know people say you cook/bake WITH love. But I don't recall anyone has ever compared dating/love to baking/cooking. ANYWAYS the illustrations are absolutely adorable too!!! It was so fun and colorful, despite the slightly sad undertone there is in the book (hello, it'...

**ARC provided by Hear Our Voices tours**This book is creative, as it is told through the perspectives of Jake Baker, Michael McConnell, and the wedding toppers. The plot line focuses on how Jake and Michael met, and uses baking a cake as a way to tell this love story! I thought it was a really interesting addition to include some of the law and acts of the time period as well, to give the historical context. In my opinion, the book is definetly suited for elementary age children. My only hope i...

Two Grooms on a CakeBy Rob Sanders, Illustrated by Robbie CathroReading this book feels like eating a slice of my favorite cake baked by someone I love. The concept is both powerful and adorable. The drawings are colorful and perfectly integrate the metaphor of the cake and the actual love story. The writing is deceptively simple, so the historic story is framed in such a way that children this book can understand it and be swept along with the lyrical lines as well as the beautiful illustration...

I think it's really hard to make any social issues or historical event lively for children, and this one succeeds. I like the baking analogy and that the story is told by the cake toppers and the two grooms. I do think that the first half's art is much better than the second half, but you can tell that the two men truly loved each other. This story just radiates happiness and love.

Bonus: Author's Note, Marriage Equality Timeline, pictures from Michael and Jack's personnel album. Wonderful story about the marriage of Michael McConnell and Jack Baker and the journey they had to take to get married and have it recognized as a legal marriage in the United States. Their story begins in 1970 when they first meet and continues all the way to present day (at the time of this review the year is 2021). Simply told, so that younger children can keep up, it compares the steps they h...

The perfect book to introduce children to the history of the LGBTQ+ movement, particularly in regard to legalizing same sex marriage. I liked how the narrative was structured around the creation of a wedding cake while sprinkling in the true story of the first two men to get legally married. The timeline and factual information in the back is also a great resource.

The story of the first 2 men who got semi-officially married in the US in the early 70s. The marriage license was never recorded, but it was issued and witnessed.The story of their relationship is intertwined with baking a (wedding) cake and relating the process of making a cake to the relationship. It may be a bit confusing at times.The back notes are interesting -- a bit weird to think of one of the couple adopting the other so that they'd have some legal relationship before they figured out h...

Loved it! I never heard of this story or couple before so it was really cool to read their story and find out how they became the first same-sex couple to be married in the state of Minnesota. The illustrations are awesome and I loved the author's note at the end of the story. It included real pictures of the couple as well! There is also a timeline at the end of the book which was pretty interesting to read too.

I picture book told by the plastic grooms that sat on a wedding cake for the first gay marriage (1971). I never heard of this couple and I was thrilled to learn about them. My only concern is the use of the word "lover" in the Author's Note. The discussion about a sexual relationship is best for 6th-12th grade. Loved all the back matter too.