It's Me!
by Nina Benedetto
Language: English
CreateSpace, 2016.
32 p. : col. ill. ; cm.
ISBN: 1530190274; 9781530190270
Summary: A wordless picture book: Beyond he or she Something is taken from you when a pronoun defines who you are and you do not fit one of the two genders. We are labeled one or the other, either/or, and the possibilities are diminished. This storybook [literally] illustrates a continuum of gender possibility. After reading the pictures my 4-year-old grandchild said it well: “You can be all kinds of ways!”
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Its-Me-Nina-Benedetto/dp/1530190274/
It's Just A Number: An exploration of acceptance
by Tyler Burchfield
Language: English
Independently published, 2019.
24 p. : col. ill. ; cm.
Summary: If we are going to raise our children to be accepting of their own gender identity as well as that of others, they must have reinforcements both at home and at school that teach acceptance for gender fluidity and sexuality. We teach acceptance of other types of diversity, so why should this be any different? For the sake of our children and their future, the word “transgender” can no longer be taboo. Schools are not the only place that education and acceptance must be taught, however. In the book “It’s Just A Number” Tyler Burchfield, with many years in education, takes a very simplistic view of gender fluidity. He introduces the reader to Daniel Day who walks down a path of self-exploration that leads him to understand that we all live somewhere on a continuum of sexual identity that is independent of society's stereotypes. Almost all parents aspire to raise compassionate and well-rounded children, and teaching acceptance of any gender identity is vital to raising them as such. Whether at school or home, any environment should be a place where students feel completely safe, therefore gender identity harassment prevention must become a part of preexisting anti-bullying programs used in all social environments. We must help others to love themselves.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Its-Just-Number-exploration-acceptance/dp/109893752X/
I'm Jay, Let's Play
by Beth Reichmuth
illus. by Nomy Lamm
Language: English
Beth Reichmuth, 2017.
32 p. : col. ill. ; cm.
ISBN: 069279767X ; 9780692797679
Summary: 'm Jay, Let's Play, by Beth Reichmuth and Nomy Lamm, is an exciting story about Jay's morning at preschool playing with friends. Jay loves playing in the kitchen, driving dump trucks, twirling in skirts and crashing tall towers. Jay, Ren, Finn, Casey and Riley are dynamic kids with exciting ideas -- probably a lot like any preschooler you know and love. I'm Jay, Let's Play models gender fluidity as a normal and delightful part of the lives of young children. Rather than gendered pronouns, the characters in this book are referred to by their names. Their styles and interests are equally open-ended. To support adults in navigating the conversations that may arise, a note in the back of the book offers some suggestions of simple, inclusive, developmentally appropriate messages about gender for all young children. Gender expression can be playful. It can be dynamic. It can be joyful. And in I'm Jay, Let's Play -- it is.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Jay-Lets-Play-Beth-Reichmuth/dp/069279767X/
