TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patterson,Jodie
AU  - Pinkney Barlow,Charnelle
TI  - Born ready: the true story of a boy named Penelope 
SN  - 9780593123638
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Crown Books for Young Readers
KW  - Patterson, Jodie,
KW  - Patterson, Penelope
KW  - Transgender children
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - African Americans
KW  - African American transgender people
KW  - African American families
KW  - Families
KW  - Transgender people
KW  - Creative nonfiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Picture books
KW  - LGBTQ+
KW  - local
N1  - Ages 4-8; Crown Books for Young Readers; Grades K-1; Crown Books for Young Readers
N2  - "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
ER  -