When Aidan Became a Brother
Illustrator
Kayland Juanita
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Publication Year
2019
ISBN
9781620148372
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Aidan was born, everyone thought he was a girl. His parents gave him a pretty name, his room looked like a girl's room, and he wore clothes that other girls liked wearing. After he realized he was a trans boy, Aidan and his parents fixed the parts of his life that didn't fit anymore, and he settled happily into his new life. Then Mom and Dad announce that they're going to have another baby, and Aidan wants to do everything he can to make things right for his new sibling from the beginning--from choosing the perfect name to creating a beautiful room to picking out the cutest onesie. But what does "making things right" actually mean? And what happens if he messes up? With a little help, Aidan comes to understand that mistakes can be fixed with honesty and communication, and that he already knows the most important thing about being a big brother: how to love with his whole self.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Biracial; Interracial; Transgender; biracial child; interracial parents; interracial marriage; transgender child; girl to boy
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Brown-Skinned / White
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
transgender male
Keywords
new sibling; communication; big brother; change; new name; identity; new clothes; worries; cutting hair
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Lukoff, Kyle, "When Aidan Became a Brother" (2019). Diverse Families. 2012.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2012