7.6 /10 1 Votes
Cover artist Suzanne DeSimone Language English Publication date 2009 Originally published 2009 Page count 36 ISBN 9781442429888 | 3.8/5 Goodreads Country United States Publisher KD Talent, LLC Media type Print Genre Picture book | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Illustrators Suzanne DeSimone, Cheryl Kilodavis Similar Picture books, Gender identity books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
My princess boy by cheryl kilodavis
My Princess Boy is an American picture book written by Cheryl Kilodavis and illustrated by Suzanne DeSimone. Kilodavis first self-published the book in 2009 via KD Talent of Seattle, then on 21 December of the following year, Simon & Schuster published a new edition on their Aladdin imprint.
Contents
Kilodavis wrote the book about her son, Dyson, and their family. Dyson's self-expression does not conform to stereotypical gender roles. One of the ways he expresses himself is by wearing clothing meant for girls.
Kilodavis titled her book after a defining moment when Dyson declared to her, "I am a princess boy."
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Reception
Among the publications that have reviewed My Princess Boy are the School Library Journal and Diva. Kirkus Reviews called a mobile app version of the book "utterly without subtlety", but added that "there's little enough out there addressing the needs of transgender children that this can be comfortably overlooked." Writing for Mail Online (the website of conservative British newspaper the Daily Mail), Candy Lorraine asked, "What is to be gained from forcing acceptance of this kind of innocent eccentricity?"
In the US, some patrons of the Hood County Library in Granbury, Texas challenged the inclusion of the book in the library's collection. When the library's director, Courtney Kincaid, defended the book's inclusion, objectors took their complaint to the commissioners' court (a county legislative body in some U.S. states). The court effectively upheld Kincaid's decision by declining to vote on the matter.