Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope

by Jodie Patterson and Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (Illustrator)

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Jodie Patterson, activist and Chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board, shares her transgender son's experience in this important picture book about identity and acceptance.

Penelope knows that he's a boy. (And a ninja.) The problem is getting everyone else to realize it.

In this exuberant companion to Jodie Patterson's adult memoir, The Bold World, Patterson shares her son Penelope's frustrations and triumphs on his journey to share himself with the world. Penelope's experiences show children that it always makes you stronger when you are true to yourself and who you really are.
  • ISBN10 0593123638
  • ISBN13 9780593123638
  • Publish Date 20 April 2021
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Crown Books for Young Readers