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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
It’s a sweet book in a lot of ways, but for the reasons other reviewers have highlighted, I would choose a different book about trans people to give to children.
I listened to Jazz Jennings reading this, free on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF5D2lsPfsU
This is a really nice and sweet children's book. I am not a huge fan of the illustrations though, the style is not my cup of tea, but that would be fine, what I don't get is why they chose to white wash Jazz? I don't understand this decission especially when all this book is about being proud of who you are...
This is a really nice and sweet children's book. I am not a huge fan of the illustrations though, the style is not my cup of tea, but that would be fine, what I don't get is why they chose to white wash Jazz? I don't understand this decission especially when all this book is about being proud of who you are...
A longer version of this review was published on Lost in a Good Book
This is a wonderful and easy to understand story about Jazz and her journey as a transgender kid. Jazz introduces herself to readers and tells them the story of her life being a girl but looking like a boy to everyone else.
I liked that Jazz first introduces herself to us through her favourite colours, what she likes to do and who her friends are. Only then do we learn about her being transgender. This is an important move because there are so many other things that make Jazz Jazz and when asked to tell us about herself favourite colours is the best place to start.
The book offers an informative but simple story of her life and how she experienced life at school and home and how once her parents understood they started to support her. Jazz talks about the term transgender and her visit to a doctor, and also how she felt being told she was a boy or had to do boy things she didn’t want to do and how it took time for everyone to understand.
This is an educational book and one I think would benefit all audiences. The range of picture books about characters/experiences being trans are useful tools as well, there is a lot of power in first hand accounts which I Am Jazz can provide.
This is a wonderful and easy to understand story about Jazz and her journey as a transgender kid. Jazz introduces herself to readers and tells them the story of her life being a girl but looking like a boy to everyone else.
I liked that Jazz first introduces herself to us through her favourite colours, what she likes to do and who her friends are. Only then do we learn about her being transgender. This is an important move because there are so many other things that make Jazz Jazz and when asked to tell us about herself favourite colours is the best place to start.
The book offers an informative but simple story of her life and how she experienced life at school and home and how once her parents understood they started to support her. Jazz talks about the term transgender and her visit to a doctor, and also how she felt being told she was a boy or had to do boy things she didn’t want to do and how it took time for everyone to understand.
This is an educational book and one I think would benefit all audiences. The range of picture books about characters/experiences being trans are useful tools as well, there is a lot of power in first hand accounts which I Am Jazz can provide.
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A simple story about a monumental topic. This story is a fantastic bridge into talking about transgender youth with students. Continue to spread love and empathy with books!!
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This seems like a good primer for very young children about what it means to be transgender. I admire all the activist work Jazz and her family have done for the trans community. I hope it means that more people will start viewing being transgender as a medical condition that needs treatment early on.
This seems like a good primer for very young children about what it means to be transgender. I admire all the activist work Jazz and her family have done for the trans community. I hope it means that more people will start viewing being transgender as a medical condition that needs treatment early on.
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