Be Who You Are (edition 2010)

Told from the third person point of view, the narrative follows Nick as he goes from being a boy to being a girl named Hope. Illustrations are pastel watercolors, mostly in roundels. Text is simple, done in larger type. Though the story starts out as a book that second through fourth graders could read, the incidences of illustrations lessen overtime and there is more text on the page making this book more of a storytime type of text rather than a read alone type of book. For those who are struggling with acceptance of a gender variant child, this is a must read. Children who are thinking about their gender identity will enjoy this book in part because it is a story about people like them and in part because the story shows a lot of acceptance. Highly Recommended. ( )