Parents must lead their children, in love and wisdom, to be their best selves in their God-given biological gender. Noah Grigni's illustrations are FANTASTIC and I hope this is only the first of many more books they illustrate! Children should be allowed to be children without their gender being questioned (or encouraged to change) for liking pink, or football, or "boy things" or "girl things.

They are looking for recruits to their own disturbed and unhealthy belief system, and they are feeding into and often funded by an unethical, weakly regulated market for drugs and surgery worth enormous sums of money. This book introduces the concept of gender identity to children, explaining the typical terminology that children will encounter in today's society, but despite its good intentions, gentle approach, and message of acceptance, it's likely to confuse more kids than it consoles. I will definitely recommend this to my friends with kids, frequently put it on display at my library, recommend it whenever possible, and read it aloud as often as I can. What children feel may be a moot question, but how they articulate their feelings is in the language and categories adults teach them. They also have friends like Alex – who is both a boy and a girl – and JJ, who doesn’t feel like either.This book throws around gender terminology without grounding it in any meaning or context, and I can imagine a child reading this and thinking, "Oh, I'm going to be a boy today! It undermines parental choice in caring for their children and their ability to refuse experimental and unsafe medical interventions. When our friend's 11 year old (AFAB) affirmed his identity as a boy, we gave them a copy of the book to share with their friends and it really helped them as well. This book is essential reading for children in this wonderful age where people are (for the most part) free to be themselves. Especially wonderful is the way the illustrations explore further elements, such as diversity, intersectionality and non-gendered clothing and play, giving kids and parents even more avenues to discuss all the wonderful ways we can be different.

I don't wear makeup, paint my nails, wear fashionable clothes, or own a closet full of shoes, but that does not diminish the degree to which I am a girl. The weirdest thing about this book is how it's like, "Rosie's parents thought she was a girl, but she's actually a boy," without explaining what either of those words mean or why these concepts are significant in society.Very simple, clear, and gentle, with adorable illustrations showing a variety of characters with different gender expressions. All in all, It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity is a wonderful children's book about the concept of gender identity told in a sweet and child friendly manner. For instance, it displays adults standing about, hands on chin, looking puzzled, unable to decide what the sex of a new baby is, BECAUSE the baby is unable to tell them, so it says they make a guess.

This picture book belongs in every school and library: it is not just essential for those with gender nonconforming children in their lives, it is also a critical tool for discussing issues of gender identity and expression in a way that is empathetic, respectful, and affirming. As a 70 year old woman, it's hard for me to believe that this situation arises as frequently as this book may imply.but for those kids who feel isolated and unseen because something inside them doesn't quite fit it can open up an entirely new world. This book is woefully inadequate, and I'm glad that it didn't exist to confuse me when I was a child. I'm glad this book exists, and I do think it's a good resource- I'm just not sure how engaging a child would find it, because it's not a story, it's a set of explanations of terms. Via fictionalized children, Thorn presents transgender, cisgendered, non-binary, gender-fluid, and gender identities that cannot be captured in words. It's not like hearing those words makes you trans, just like reading books with queer representation doesn't turn you gay (if only!