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The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a spokesperson for transkids everywhere "This is an essential tool for parents and teachers to share with children whether those kids identify as trans or not. I wish I had had a book like this when I was a kid struggling with gender identity questions. I found it deeply moving in its simplicity and honesty."--Laverne Cox (who plays Sophia in "Orange Is the New Black") From the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl's brain in a boy's body. She loved pink and dressing up as a mermaid and didn't feel like herself in boys' clothing. This confused her family, until they took her to a doctor who said that Jazz was transgender and that she was born that way. Jazz's story is based on her real-life experience and she tells it in a simple, clear way that will be appreciated by picture book readers, their parents, and teachers.
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Herthel, Jessica
- ISBN: 9780803741072
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 9.55 x 0.34
- Number Of Pages: 32
- Publication Year: 2014
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"I am happy. I am having fun. I am proud! I am Jazz!"
Jennifer E. - 5 years 3 months agoSchool may be out, and summer may be here, but learning is a lifelong process! And as an educator, I am celebrating the LGBTQ Pride Month of June with picture books for the primary classroom. Inclusive literature provides teachers and students with a common vocabulary of love and acceptance, and I can think of no better example than trans teen activist Jazz Jennings. “I have a girl brain but a boy body. This is called transgender.” She defines simply. Her parents respond, “Be who you are. We love you no matter what.” Being different is not only okay; “different is special!” We fear what and who we do not know. “The kids who get to know me usually want to be my friend.” She goes on to express, “What’s important...is that I’m happy with who I am...What matters most is what a person is like on the inside. And inside, I am happy. I am having fun. I am proud! I am Jazz!” What a powerful and important message for all of our children and students to hear, feel, and believe about the unique individual they have been created them to be!