6/20/2023 0 Comments I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel![]() ![]() 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. This confused her family, until they took her toa doctorwho said that Jazz was transgender and that she was born that way. She loved pink anddressing up as a mermaidand didn't feel like herself in boys' clothing. ![]() I found it deeply moving in its simplicity and honesty."-Laverne Cox (who plays Sophia in "Orange Is the New Black")įrom the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl's brain in a boy's body. But whenever we went out, I had to put on my boy clothes again. She explains how her parents let her play as a girl at home where her siblings accept her as her parents do. I wish I had had a book like this when I was a kid struggling with gender identity questions. In a child’s easily understood voice, 13-year-old Jazz tells her story. "This is an essential tool for parents and teachers to share with children whether those kids identify as trans or not. The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a spokesperson for transkids everywhere ![]() Bibliography, etc.: Includes bibliographical references and index. From the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl's brain in a boy's body. I am Jazz / by Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings pictures by Shelagh McNicholas. ![]()
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