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Title Born ready : the true story of a boy named Penelope / written by Jodie Patterson ; illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow.
Author Patterson, Jodie, 1970- author.
Publication Info. New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2021]
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 Chickasaw  E PAT    Check Shelves
 Fairview Shores  E PAT    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  E PAT    Check Shelves
 South Creek  E PAT    Check Shelves
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Edition First edition.
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Audience Ages 4-8. Crown Books for Young Readers.
Grades K-1. Crown Books for Young Readers.
Summary "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." -- Amazon.com.
Just before his fifth birthday, Penelope lets his mother know he is a boy and, with her support and his ninja powers, faces the rest of his family and his classmates. Drawn from the author's memoir, The bold world.
Subject Transgender children -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Juvenile literature.
African American transgender people -- Juvenile literature.
African American families -- Juvenile literature.
Families -- Juvenile literature.
Transgender people -- Fiction.
Family life -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Transgender people -- Fiction.
Family life -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Genre Children's stories.
Multiculturalism in literature.
Creative nonfiction.
Biographies.
Picture books.
Added Author Pinkney Barlow, Charnelle, illustrator.
ISBN 9780593123638 (hardcover) : $17.99
0593123638 (hardcover)
9780593123652 (library binding)
0593123654 (library binding)