taxes#0096

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.

A new coloring book about gender, sex and sexuality, for people of all ages!

With a bunch of her cartoonist friends, Sophie Labelle, the author of Assigned Male comics, tells us about gender diversity, sexual orientations, sexual diversity and many more things.

everything is backwards from the way it is on our planet, except for one day a year when everyone and everything is backwards. It is longer than it needs to be, but the story is cute and all the people are vibrant colors so it is not so very "white" like many of the books we have found. It is about a girl who longs to be a boy—and gets to!—so it is a rare book in this category, and it walks through the parents being confused and counseled by experts to accept their kid. 
From the Publisher: 
BACKWARDS DAY, set on the planet Tenalp, introduces us to a world where there are seventeen seasons, including one where bubblegum falls from the sky for three days and a single day when everything - everything everywhere - is backwards. Andrea looks eagerly forward to Backwards Day every year, so she can turn into a boy for the day. But one year she doesn't turn along with everyone else. She's miserable. The very next day, however, she turns into a boy - and stays that way! He's delighted, but his parents are distressed, and take him to the big city to consult with Backwardsologists. When they finally figure out what's happened, the miracles of Backwards Day are fully revealed to the reader.