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by Levi × on October 29, 2015 at 2:30 PM ×
Dubbo Our desire to have a book that does gender differently, and better, was key as we started writing “Sex is a Funny Word.” There weren’t any sex ed books for kids that included kids who are gender non-conforming, gender diverse, trans, or simply not sure where (or if) they belong given the options they see in ways that didn’t feel tokenistic or pathologizing.
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by Dylan × on August 14, 2015 at 7:00 AM ×
Dylan has found the feminist, racially diverse, LGBTQ-positive children’s books you’ve been looking for!
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A review of three books: The Twelve Tribes, We The Animals and Brown Girl Dreaming
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by N × on May 22, 2015 at 7:00 AM ×
On Brian Selznick and his lecture, Love Is a Dangerous Angel: Thoughts on Queerness and Family in Children’s Books
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I loved sorting our books as a joint activity. It was really insightful to hear how my daughter determined whether characters were boys or girls.
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by Levi × on March 26, 2015 at 7:00 AM ×
I held within my two hands a book about a kid having a very similar situation—written with a delicacy and understanding that blew me away. I was lucky enough to able to interview one of the authors of Jacob’s New Dress, Sarah Hoffman.
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With Teaching the Cat to Sit, Michelle Theall hopes to help those growing up in conservative Christian households.
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A review of Jazz Jenning’s book about being transgender “I am Jazz.”
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Why is it so hard to find books for children that truly represent the diversity in our world? Author S. Bear Bergman shared with me that in 70% of children’s books where people are featured, boys are the main characters. In 93% of children’s books where people are featured, the main […]
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by Susan × on June 5, 2014 at 7:00 AM ×
I’m reading Patrick Ness’s More Than This. It’s the kind of book I never read — young adult, science fiction, post-apocalyptic — and that may be a mistake because it’s fabulous.
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