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By jlmiller1 on June 29, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Jodie Patterson’s Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope (2021)

Like many picture books about transgender or nonbinary youth, Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope (2021), is written by the mother of a transgender child. Author, […]

By jlmiller1 on June 23, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Norene Paulson’s Benny’s True Colors (2020)

Written by Norene Paulson and illustrated by Anne Passchier, Benny’s True Colors (2020) is a story about a butterfly everyone thinks is a bat. Benny the butterfly is constantly misidentified, […]

By jlmiller1 on June 23, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Kerri Mullen’s Eli’s New Clothes (2020)

Kerri Mullen’s Eli’s New Clothes (2020) is a sweetly illustrated story about a young girl named Chloe and her relationship to her favorite dolls. Chloe loves Elizabeth, Vanessa, and Caroline. […]

By jlmiller1 on June 23, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Maddox Lyons and Jessica Verdi’s I’m Not A Girl (2020)

I’m Not A Girl (2020), co-written by Maddox Lyons and Jessica Verdi and illustrated by Dana Simpson, is the story of a transgender boy who develops clarity and confidence about […]

By jlmiller1 on June 12, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Brad Meltzer’s I am Billie Jean King (2019)

Written by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos, I am Billie Jean King, is a timely biography of activist and athlete Billie Jean King. Much of the text deals […]

By jlmiller1 on March 10, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Daniel Errico’s The Bravest Knight Who Ever Lived (1999)

The Bravest Knight Who Ever Lived (1999), written by Daniel Errico and illustrated by Shiloh Penfield, follows Cedric, a young quick-witted boy who begins life on a pumpkin farm as […]

By jlmiller1 on March 10, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Margaret Baker-Street’s Michael and Me (2014)

Margaret Baker-Street’s Michael and Me (2014) is a first-person narrative focused on a second-grade boy named Brian and his reaction to a classmate’s gender transition. The story opens at the […]

By jlmiller1 on January 29, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Michael Genhart’s Rainbow (2019)

Written by Michael Genhart, PhD and illustrated by Anne Passchier, Rainbow: A First Book of Pride (2019) is a colorful celebration of rainbow families that introduces very young readers to […]

By jlmiller1 on January 18, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Ilyasah Shabazz & Renée Watson’s Betty Before X (2018)

Ilyasah Shabazz & Renée Watson’s Betty Before X reads like the labor of love it clearly is. Both intimate and deliberately political, Shabazz and Watson humanize a larger than life […]

By jlmiller1 on December 21, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Kate Moore’s The Radium Girls (2020)

I just finished Kate Moore’s young reader’s edition of The Radium Girls. Wow! I was emotionally engaged from beginning to end. Moore tells the story of hundreds of young women […]

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I’m an English lecturer  at the University of Texas at Arlington with research interests in children’s literature and gender/sexuality. My book, The Transformative Potential of LGBTQ+ Children’s Picture Books, is available for preorder from University Press of Mississippi. It will ship June 2022.

My son initially inspired me to research children’s literature and I couldn’t have a better reading partner. He loves that his mom is a book blogger and always has new books to share with him!

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