![]() His parents gave him a pretty name, his room looked like a girl’s room, and he wore clothes that other girls liked wearing. When Aidan was born, everyone thought he was a girl. Inspired by the authors’ own transgender child and accompanied by warm and triumphant illustrations, this authentic and personal text promotes kindness and empathy, offering a poignant and inclusive back-to-school message: all should feel safe, respected, and welcomed. But as his friends and teachers rally around him and he tells them his name, all his “what-ifs” begin to melt away. As the first day of school approaches, he’s nervous and the “what-ifs” gather up inside him. “I’m a boy–a boy in my heart and in my brain.” Quick to support him, his loving family takes Calvin shopping for the swim trunks he’s always wanted and back-to-school clothes and a new haircut that helps him look and feel like the boy he’s always known himself to be. Finally, he can wait no longer: “I’m not a girl,” he tells his family. ![]() ![]() He knows who he is in his heart and in his mind but he hasn’t yet told his family. In this joyful and impactful picture book, a transgender boy prepares for the first day of school and introduces himself to his family and friends for the first time.Ĭalvin has always been a boy, even if the world sees him as a girl.
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