I Am Jazz
Illustrator
Shelagh McNicholas
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
2014
ISBN
9780803741072
Pages
32 pages
Genre
biography
Format
picture book
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
From the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl's brain in a boy's body. She loved pink and dressing up as a mermaid and didn't feel like herself in boys' clothing. This confused her family, until they took her to a doctor who said that Jazz was transgender and that she was born that way.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Transgender; transgender child; boy to girl
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Jewish
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
transgender female
Awards
Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature, 2017, Picture Book
20 Years of Dia, 2016 K-Grade 2
Best of the Best Books, 2014 Informational Books for Younger Readers
Choices, 2015 Understanding Oneself And Others
Gay and Lesbian Themes and Topics in Selected Children's and Young Adult Books, 2009 Sex and Gender Identity
Rainbow List, 2015 Picture Book
Top 10 Challenged Books, 2015
Top 10 Challenged Books, 2016
Top 10 Challenged Books, 2017
Keywords
identity; elementary school; acceptance; feminine traits; advocate
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Herthel, Jessice and Jennings, Jazz, "I Am Jazz" (2014). Diverse Families. 400.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/400