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. Authors: JR and Vanessa Ford, Illustrator: Kayla Harren
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