Interview with CALVIN author Vanessa Ford Blog Post
…writing CALVIN. At that time there were no children’s books with transgender boys– or transgender children of color. (Now there are some great ones that CALVIN has joined including WHEN…
Sam is my Sister
Written by: Ashley Rhodes-Courter. Illustrated by: MacKenzie Haley. This is a book about a transgender girl named Sam. Sam’s parents are extremely supportive of who she is although her brother…
Call Me Max
…by this author. This is a fantastic book to introduce children to what it means to be to transgender and to read to children that are trying to understand themselves…
Call Me Max
Written by: Kyle Lukoff. Illustrated by: Luciano Lozano. Written by a transgender author, CALL ME MAX is about a child on his first day of school. It covers friendships, dead…
My Rainbow
Written by: Trinity Neal and Deshanna Neal. Illustrated by: Art Twink. A dedicated mom puts love into action as she creates the perfect rainbow-colored wig for her transgender daughter, based…
I Am Jazz
Written by: Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings. Illustrated by: Shelagh McNicholas. The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a spokesperson…
My Rainbow
Written by: Trinity Neal and Deshanna Neal. Illustrated by: Art Twink. This book isn’t about Trinity coming out as transgender but more about her wanting long hair to feel more…
Calvin
Written by: JR and Vanessa Ford. Illustrated by: Kayla Harren. Meet Calvin! He is a transgender boy with an extremely supportive family. In this book Calvin explains to his family…
My Sister, Daisy
Written by: Adria Karlsson. Illustrator: Linus Curci. This is a picture book about a young boy learning about his transgender sister. He is worried he will used her wrong name…
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity
Written by: Theresa Thorn. Illustrated by: Noah Grigni. This book puts in simple terms what it means to be non-binary, transgender and cis. The author explains that there are so…