HIGHLIGHTS:

• Jodie Patterson is the mother of an African American transgender boy and can speak from her own experience
• The book’s setting in Crown Heights, Brooklyn amplifies the family’s diverse cultural surroundings
• This positive and supportive book puts the conversation in the hands of parents to talk about with their young kids
• A perfect way for families of the youngest members of the LGBTQ community to celebrate Pride Month

PRODUCT DETAILS:

Jodie Patterson, activist and Chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board, shares her transgender son’s experience in this important picture book about identity and acceptance.

Penelope knows that he’s a boy. (And a ninja.) The problem is getting everyone else to realize it.

In this exuberant companion to Jodie Patterson’s adult memoir, The Bold World, Patterson shares her son Penelope’s frustrations and triumphs on his journey to share himself with the world. Penelope’s experiences show children that it always makes you stronger when you are true to yourself and who you really are.

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