![]() ![]() Jazz's story is based on her real-life experience and she tells it in a simple, clear way that will be appreciated by picture book readers, their parents, and teachers. I am Jazz by Jazz Jennings and Jessica Herthel is a story about a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a. This confused her family, until they took her to a doctor who said that Jazz was transgender and that she was born that way. She loved pink and dressing up as a mermaid and didn't feel like herself in boys' clothing. I found it deeply moving in its simplicity and honesty."-Laverne Cox (who plays Sophia in “Orange Is the New Black”)įrom the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl's brain in a boy's body. I wish I had had a book like this when I was a kid struggling with gender identity questions. ![]() ![]() "This is an essential tool for parents and teachers to share with children whether those kids identify as trans or not. Herthel is not transgender, nor does she have any transgender. At the age of 6, she spoke with Barbara Walters on 20/20. Jennings was one of the first transgender children to talk publicly about her identity. ![]() The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a spokesperson for transkids everywhere I Am Jazz is a first-person account of a transgender girl, written by transgender activist Jazz Jennings and co-author Jessica Herthel. ![]()
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