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Recommended Reading
Unless specifically noted, all titles are available at http://www.amazon.com

 
FOR CHILDREN
 

10,000 Dresses
By Marcus Ewert
Available at Amazon.com

Are you a boy or a girl?
By Karleen Pendelton Jimenez
Available at twolives.com
Choose to Love
By C. Kevin Wanzer
Artwork by Kristin Tuller
Available at choosetolove.com
Fluff the Bunny
By Ronnie Perel
Available at IFGE.org
We are all alike…We are all different
By The Cheltenham Elementary School Kindergartners
We’re Different, We’re the Same
By Bobbi Kates
Incredible You
By Dr. Wayne Dyer
Available at Amazon.com
It’s OK to be Different
By Todd Parr
Available at twolives.com
Eres increible! (Incredible You!):
By Dr. Wayne Dyer
Available at Amazon.com

 
FOR TEENS
 
Choir Boy
By Charlie Anders
Freak Show
By James St. James
Morgan in the Mirror
By C.C. Saint Clair
My Gender Workbook:
How to Become a Real Man,
a Real Woman, the Real You
or Something Else Entirely

By Kate Bornstein
Hello Cruel World:
101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Outlaw

By Kate Bornstein
My Brother Beth
By Rebecca Sardella
Available at http://www.redleadbook.com
Luna
By Julie Anne Peters
  Parrotfish
By Ellen Wittlinger

 
FOR ADULTS
 
The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals
A New Book by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper
Available at Amazon.com
Becoming a Visable Man
By Jamison Green
Available at jamisongreen.com
Mom, I need to be a Girl
By “Just Evelyn”
Transparent:
Love, Family and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers

By Cris Beam
Trans Forming Families:
Real Stories About Transgendered Loved Ones - 3rd Edition

By Mary Boenke
Available at PFLAG.org
True Selves:
Understanding Transsexualism
For Families, Friends, Coworkers and Helping Professionals
By Mildred Brown and Chloe Rounsley