A review by maweets
I'm Not a Girl by Maddox Lyons, Jessica Verdi, Dana Simpson

4.0

I think I am in danger of taking for granted how many positive trans stories I've seen or read in my lifetime. Reading this book had me step back for a moment and think of how many picture books explicitly said the word transgender, how many books explicitly spoke about not feeling like your assigned gender, or how many books -without the use of metaphor- showed kids what a trans experience was like. I honestly cannot think of many that tic all of those boxes. This book is unabashedly accessible in its language, plot, and illustration so that readers leave without any question in their minds about what they just read. I hope that it find its way to other kids who might have questions about their gender in hopes that it might supply them with the vocabulary and resources they might need to help build conversations with themselves and their support systems