Age: Kindergarten-2nd grade
Identity: Mixed race-white mother, black father
LGBTQ: Transgender Boy
Identity: Parents of a transgender girl

The past couple years have brought out some remarkable picture books introducing and starring transgender children. Along the lines of Sam Is My Sister and My Maddy, this book introduces the transgender experience in accessible language that speaks to a young audience that is first being introduced or currently experiencing it themselves. Academic and medical terminology is saved for the afterword and, instead, the stories focus on an interesting plot that welcomes change, answers questions, and ends triumphantly.

As the authors note in the end, "the support Calvin receives is based on best existing practices." With nervous trepidation, he tells his parents about his true self and is welcomed with open arms by his immediate family and grandparents. The big change causes more anxiousness when Calvin has to return to school but adults and children greet him by his new name with ease and acceptance, having been told in advance so that Calvin is free to be himself without explaining the change to everyone he meets.