This makes Perfectly Norman a broadly relatable story about how fear and shame can cause us to hide who we really are, even though who we are is never a bad thing.

With main character mums who are strong, kind, and clever, this laugh-out-loud picture book (with optional sea shanties!) will help children understand that being different is what makes you special and that all families arrrrre worth telling stories about.

Books that specifically say that ‘families come in different shapes and sizes’ are hugely important.Todd Parr’s vibrant, bouncy The Family Book and the Donor Conception Network’s warm, straightforward My Story both spring to mind, and are enduring favourites in our house. My aim is to write books that introduce the idea of non-traditional family set ups in a more incidental way, that doesn’t immediately mark those families out as ‘other’, books that will be enjoyed for their story as much as the lesson it contains.

For eight-plus, Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths (Bonnier) by Maisie Chan, illustrated by Anh Cao, features would-be artist Danny, who is excited about a promised surprise – until it turns out to be his Nai Nai from China, taking up residence in his top bunk. But there’s more to Danny’s wrinkled little grandma than meets the eye. Funny, light-hearted, and challenging racist stereotypes, Chan’s debut is a delightful celebration of intergenerational love, individual strengths and bingo. The fact that this is a book about two mums may not be secondary to us as adults – to you, as teachers – but it is secondary to the children we’re reading it with. These LGBTQ bedtimes stories to read right now are all glowing examples of the varied queer experiences so many of us go through. Katie Haworth, Publisher at Oxford University Press, said: “We are extremely proud to be publishing Jodie’s The Marvellous Doctors for Magical Creatures.This fantastic book challenges the equation that "conformity equals acceptance", celebrating instead the power of being solidly you. While Billy grapples with his own emotional landscape(shushing his mums, willing them to be "normal" and dreading peer embarrassment), the other children in the book say nothing, neither noticing nor seeming to care about his mums’ "strange" quirks. Perfectly Norman is a fascinating story. As a transgender person who kept their true identity secret from her parents for fear of rejection, I related to this book in a big way.

Norman’s wings can easily be a metaphor for gender or sexual orientation. It can also be a metaphor for a curious new hobby or interest; something that sets a child apart from the usual. It does this through an easy-to-comprehend metaphor that every child can follow, whether they suffer with dysphoria or not. Counting worksheets with a great pirate theme so EYFS children can practise different maths skills;Everyone around him encourages him to be what he seems to be, without seeing what he really is inside.