A review by bdietrich
When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff

4.0

Aidan was born a girl, but he is really a boy, and the first half of this picture book is Aidan's story of telling his parents that he's not a girl. The second half is how he helps his parents prepare for the new sibling: buying clothes, painting the room, practicing reading, etc. But then, Aidan starts to worry about all the work he's done to prepare: what if it's all wrong and Baby feels uncomfortable in their own skin, like Aidan was? Aidan's parents comfort him, and then everything turns out okay.

This Stonewall Award winner is really well done and has lots of appeal to younger kids who may also be going through the same experience(s) as Aidan. Bonus: Readers never find out the gender of Baby, so it's a perfect story for those who kids whose parents are having another kid but that preparations don't have to be gendered!

Diverse reads: Aidan is African-American.