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"My five and a half year old trans daughter has pretty much always presented as a female,” one customer said. “As an infant everyone assumed she was a baby girl."

Stephie is 7 years old. She likes bugs, books and spaghetti. Her favourite thing to do is to stay up late and watch scary movies. Also, she's a girl... which should be pretty easy to understand, right? Well, not for her dad! He's been mistaking her for a boy since she was born and struggles to see her as who she is. But other people don't have a say in what it means to be ourselves, even when we love them.

Starring the main character from Sophie Labelle's Assigned Male comics at the beginning of her transition, "My Dad Thinks I'm a Boy?!" portrays with humor a situation that is often too common, where a child is forced to negotiate authenticity and their parents' love. 

The printing of this book was made possible through crowdfunding.

The target audience is 4 to 8 years old. 
36 pages, in color.

"What makes a girl? What makes a boy?

Do all girls have a vulva?
Do all boys have a penis?

The narrator of this story is a girl just like any other - even if she is often told she is not!"

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''A Girl Like Any Other'' tells the struggles of a trans girl.

Questionning the very idea of normativity and navigating between her need to belong and her desire to be herself, she manages to create her very own space where she can express her creativity and still find esteem and peer recognition, despite the obstacles.

Through the character's relationships with her brother, her best friend and her classmates, the book exposes some of the difficulties that might be encountered by transgender or gender-creative children. 

A Girl Like Any Other is a great way to introduce the subject of gender-variance to children aged 6-12. 

Using a light and humorous tone along with dynamic and colorful illustrations, the author succeeds in portraying a story that will leave no one indifferent.

Printed on recycled paper in Montreal, Quebec.