Elana K. Arnold’s What Riley Wore (2019)
What Riley Wore (2019), written by Elana K. Arnold, explores the creativity and sensitivity of a nonbinary/gender creative child as they navigate everyday life from the dentist’s office to the […]
Karleen Pendleton Jimenez’s Are You A Boy or a Girl? (2000)
Are You A Boy or a Girl? (2000) by Karleen Pendleton Jimenez is a Lambda Literary Award 2001 Finalist that was adapted into the film Tomboy in 2008. It is […]
Maya and Matthew Smith-Gonzalez’s They She He Me: Free to Be (2017)
They She He Me: Free to Be (2017), by Maya and Matthew Smith-Gonzalez, is a celebration of diversity in its many forms. People with different boy-types, skin-tones, and gender expressions are thoughtfully illustrated above a variety of pronouns that are repeated across the two-page spread. The text suggests that gender […]
Afsaneh Moradian’s Jamie is Jamie: A Book About Being Yourself and Playing Your Way (2018)
Jamie is Jamie: A Book About Being Yourself and Playing Your Way (2018), written by Afsaneh Moradian and illustrated by Maria Bogade, is the story of a non-binary child named Jamie’s first day at a new school. Jamie has a gender ambiguous name, appearance, and choice in play. When they […]
Airlie Anderson’s Neither (2018)
Neither (2018), created by Airlie Anderson, is a study in collapsing binaries. It’s both silly and serious, or perhaps neither of those things, depending on your point-of-view. Anderson’s book opens like a fairy tale and reads like an allegory. Once upon a time, in a far way place named the […]
Raise Them Righteous 