Born ready : the true story of a boy named Penelope / written by Jodie Patterson ; illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593123638
- 0593123638
- 9780593123652
- 0593123654
- Patterson, Jodie, 1970- -- Juvenile literature
- Patterson, Penelope -- Juvenile literature
- Transgender children -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Juvenile literature
- African American transgender people -- Juvenile literature
- African American families -- Juvenile literature
- Families -- Juvenile literature
- Transgender people -- Juvenile literature
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Biography | PATTERSO P. P317 | Checked out | 06/28/2024 | 33111010667349 | |||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Biography | PATTERSO P. P317 | Available | 33111010550677 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Jodie Patterson, activist and Chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board, shares her transgender son's experience in this important picture book about identity and acceptance.
Penelope knows that he's a boy. (And a ninja.) The problem is getting everyone else to realize it.
In this exuberant companion to Jodie Patterson's adult memoir, The Bold World , Patterson shares her son Penelope's frustrations and triumphs on his journey to share himself with the world. Penelope's experiences show children that it always makes you stronger when you are true to yourself and who you really are.
Ages 4-8. Crown Books for Young Readers.
Grades K-1. Crown Books for Young Readers.
"In this exuberant companion to Jodie Patterson's adult memoir, The Bold World, Patterson shares her son Penelope's frustrations and triumphs on his journey to share himself with the world. Penelope's experiences show children that it always makes you stronger when you are true to yourself and who you really are." -- Amazon.com.
Just before his fifth birthday, Penelope lets his mother know he is a boy and, with her support and his ninja powers, faces the rest of his family and his classmates. Drawn from the author's memoir, The bold world.