Trans Youth Equality Foundation

Suggested Reading for children 11 and younger

Buy em used or new online! Ask your librarian to order them!
Ask for them for your birthday! Read them with your family!

	The Boy With Pink Hair Story  by Perez Hilton Illustrations by Jenn Hill Celebra Children's Books	The boy with pink hair is a fantastic book, with beautiful, fun, cute illustrations. The story is great, the lesson is clear and the art is perfect. This is a lesson in tolerance each of us needs to learn at as early an age as possible.
	My Princess Boy Story  by Cheryl Kilodavis Illustrations by Suzanne DeSimone Aladdin an imprint of Simon & Schuster	Kilodavis sweetly tells the story of a Princess Boy, who wears dresses, tiaras, and sparkly things, and whose family "loves him exactly the way he is." "My Princess Boy" is a non-fiction picture book about acceptance, unconditional love, and valuing difference.
	10,000 Dresses Story  by Marcus Ewert Illustrations by Rex Ray Seven Stories Press	"Every night, Bailey dreams about magical dresses: dresses made of crystals and rainbows, flowers and windows."
	Adventures Of The Tranz-4 Story by Tracie Stratton Illustrations by Mike Birtchet	"Follow Izzy and his sisters on an adventure as he learns that he is loved simply for being himself." An endearing novel about a family coming together.
	It's OK To Be Different by Todd Parr Little, Brown and Company	A gentle, witty book; a simple and playful celebration of diversity.
	Oliver Button Is A Sissy by Tomie dePaola Voyager Books	An excellent book that confronts gender stereotypes and the importance of accepting people for who they are. Oliver Button does not engage in the traditional activities that boys do.
	Pearl's Christmas Present by Thomas Wurst Pearl & Dotty Press	Pearl is an inspiration to every trans or gender non-conforming child in that Pearl is an optimistic, resourceful kid who repeatedly finds ways to make the sweetest lemonade from the most sour lemons.