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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
What a much needed book! It seems very thoughtful and sensitive to me and the illustrations are very appealing. If I still worked in a library I would definitely buy this for my collection.
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In an effort to get quarantined books back on school shelves, I joined the committee in my county, reading books and recommending them for the age appropriate shelf it should belong to in school. Florida would like these books to remain quarantined so they don’t have to say “banned”. This book came up for the committee to review. It’s currently in middle school but its age range is clearly 5-8 yrs old. It is very simply written and no middle schooler is picking up a baby book to read. The material, in my opinion, was not offensive. It talks about 2 genders in very generalized ways (boy toys and girl clothes) and completely discounts girls who may be tomboys or boys who like dolls and dance. Still, there was nothing inherently offensive about the book other than they made Jazz white. Really young kids may not understand the subtext and older kids probably won’t read it. I’m f they do, at best it will prompt conversation with their parents.
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I read this because it was on the banned book list. I see other reviews say this isn’t as accurate as it could be, but honestly, I’m just glad it exists. It’s important to have representation at all levels. Kids of all kinds need to feel seen and heard and be included in “mainstream” life.
Before reading this book I didn't know about Jazz Jennings, who has been a spokesperson for transkids and a LGBTQ rights activist for years now. She co-write this book about her story and Shelagh McNicholas beautiful watercolor illustrations gave it life. I liked how Jazz explained it with simple words: " I have a girl brain but a boy body. This is called transgender." And when she kept trying to convince her parents, because for her "pretending I was a boy felt like telling a lie". It's the first kids books I read that present the parents and their kids asking for help from a doctor, who helped them get a better understanding. It's also important that it shows the mother explaining to the little girl that other kids in school might not understand her difference, but the important thing being that she's happy the way she is. We can even see the struggle from the teachers of misgendering her, and how it made her feel. In the end, this book shows that even if you are different, like Jazz, the most important is that you are happy and proud of yourself, and surrounded by people who support and love you.
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informative
lighthearted
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Recommended to me by my sister. The style reminded me a lot of Eloise. Maybe that was on purpose?
I think it explained what it feels like to be trans in a way little kids can understand. It felt a little weird to me how much it reinforced a lot of gender-binary stereotypes, referring to certain things are "girl things" versus "boy things", but I am not a trans-woman, so I can't speak to how that feels to someone who is denied "girl things" as a little kid.
If I still worked with younger kids, I would probably want this book in my library.
I think it explained what it feels like to be trans in a way little kids can understand. It felt a little weird to me how much it reinforced a lot of gender-binary stereotypes, referring to certain things are "girl things" versus "boy things", but I am not a trans-woman, so I can't speak to how that feels to someone who is denied "girl things" as a little kid.
If I still worked with younger kids, I would probably want this book in my library.