Julián is back! In the sequel to the acclaimed 2019 picture book, Julián Is a Mermaid, Julián and his abuela are attending a wedding, where Julián meets a new friend and shows that he’s still full of imagination and a creative sense of style.
Here’s my third and final review for this week’s mini-theme of picture books about gender creative boys—this one focusing on the importance of allies.
I’m going to lean in to the theme of picture books about gender creative children this week, with a look at a sweet recent picture book about a gender creative boy bear and his emotions.
One of the first picture books about a gender creative boy, published in the 1970s but long out of print, is now available in a new edition produced by its illustrator, Marian Buchanan. She recently shared with me some details about the lengthy journey to its reprinting and why it still holds lessons for today.
A charming new picture book is a gentle celebration of the loving relationship between a toddler and parents. The family in it just happens to have two moms—and it gives us a rare picture-book depiction of a mom with a masculine-of-center gender expression.
Gender stereotypes surround our children, no matter how much we may try to shield them. A new picture book tries to counter some of the constraining gender messages they may receive.
Three new children’s books each offer different approaches as they highlight different aspects of gender identity and expression.
Continuing this week’s theme of pregnancy on the masculine side of the gender spectrum, let’s ask: What does the discerning yet pregnant butch or otherwise masculine-identified person wear?
Halloween often brings up the topic of kids and gender expression, so I thought I’d highlight a recent post from Pajamamamas about navigating her almost-six-year-old son’s shoe choices.
I’m always thrilled at how really, truly diverse the LGBT community is, beyond just the broad categories people tend to think of when they typically think of “diversity.” We subdivide down into a glorious array of shared identities and individuality. Two writers proved that recently by each offering a different perspective on parenting as a butch.
