Title
My Mommy Is a Boy
Illustrator
Karen Winchester
Publisher
Lulu
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9781257254163
Pages
13 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
"My Mommy Is A Boy" is a short story of a little girl who is explaining to the reader why her female-to-male transgendered mommy looks like a boy. She explains the gender transition process in simple terms easy for a child to understand. The message she portrays is simply, that, no matter what her mommy looks like on the outside or how people perceive her family, her mommy loves her unconditionally.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Transgender; transgender adult; girl to boy
Main Character
female child
Family Formation
mother
LGBTQ+
transgender male
Keywords
transition process; short story; child friendly explanation
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Martinez, Jason, "My Mommy Is a Boy" (2008). Diverse Families. 171.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/171