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Born ready : the true story of a boy named Penelope / written by Jodie Patterson ; illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0593123638
- ISBN: 9780593123638
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 23.99 |
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| Subject: | Ghartey, Penel > Juvenile literature. Transgender children > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | J 306.768092 Ghart -P | 31681020162145 | JNONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
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. - Baker & Taylor
The activist and chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board draws on the uplifting examples of her transgender son in a companion to The Bold World that offers relatable messages about identity, self-acceptance and being true to oneself. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations. - Random House, Inc.
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.
