Mykaell Blais

Simple, accessible, and direct, this picture book is perfect for kids and parents or teachers to read together, opening the door to conversations about gender stereotypes and everyone's right to be their true selves. Is it okay for boys to cry? Can girls be strong? Should girls and boys be given different toys to play with and different clothes to wear? Should we all feel free to love whoever we choose to love? In this incredibly kid-friendly and easy-to-grasp picture book, author-illustrator Elise Gravel and transgender collaborator Mykaell Blais raise these questions and others relating to gender roles, acceptance, and stereotyping. With its simple language, colorful illustrations, engaging backmatter that showcases how appropriate male and female fashion has changed through history, and even a poster kids can hang on their wall, here is the ideal tool to help in conversations about a multi-layered and important topic.

Simple, accessible, and direct, this picture book is perfect for kids and parents or teachers to read together, opening the door to conversations about gender stereotypes and everyone's right to be their true selves. Is it okay for boys to cry? Can girls be strong? Should girls and boys be given different toys to play with and different clothes to wear? Should we all feel free to love whoever we choose to love? In this incredibly kid-friendly and easy-to-grasp picture book, author-illustrator Elise Gravel and transgender collaborator Mykaell Blais raise these questions and others relating to gender roles, acceptance, and stereotyping. With its simple language, colorful illustrations, engaging backmatter that showcases how "appropriate" male and female fashion has changed through history, and even a poster kids can hang on their wall, here is the ideal tool to help in conversations about a multi-layered and important topic.

Un valiente lbum ilustrado en el que la internacional Elise Gravel plantea preguntas acerca de la identidad de g nero adaptadas a los m s peque os. No ser a fant stico que todos pudi ramos ser quienes somos sin que se tenga en cuenta nuestro g nero? Los monopatines son solo para chicos? Y los dinosaurios tambi n? Solo las chicas pueden cuidar beb s? Las mujeres solo se pueden casar con hombres?Hay muchas cuestiones sobre la identidad de g nero que, a menudo, damos por hecho. Pero qui n hizo estas normas? De verdad es necesario seguirlas? Este lbum ilustrado trata de ense ar a los m s peque os que otro mundo es posible: uno en el que todos estemos en igualdad de condiciones y seamos amados y respetados, sin importar qui nes seamos, c mo seamos o c mo nos sintamos.--------------Simple, accessible, and direct, this picture book is perfect for kids and parents or teachers to read together, opening the door to conversations about gender stereotypes and everyone's right to be their true selves.Is it okay for boys to cry? Can girls be strong? Should girls and boys be given different toys to play with and different clothes to wear? Should we all feel free to love whoever we choose to love? In this incredibly kid-friendly and easy-to-grasp picture book, author-illustrator Elise Gravel raises these questions and others relating to gender roles, acceptance, and stereotyping.