Children are learning about gay marriage, preferred pronouns, and gender identity, thanks to woke children’s books.
“I have a girl brain, but a boy body,” the book I Am Jazz says. “This is called transgender. I was born this way.”
I Am Jazz was published in 2014 and authored by Jessica Herthel, a transgender rights advocate, and Jazz Jennings, the honorary co-founder of the TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation and star of the TLC reality-TV show I Am Jazz.
The book is based on the true story of Jazz Jennings, a male who from a very young age identified as a female.
I Am Jazz has received a number of awards, including the American Library Association’s Rainbow Project Book List Award in 2015. It was one of the first woke kids’ books to crash onto the children’s literature scene, but it certainly has not been the only one.
If one searches for I Am Jazz on Amazon and then scrolls down to “similar books,” you will find an array of children’s stories promoting the LGBTQ agenda….
Brenda Lebsack, a California teacher, former Orange Unified School District board member, and founder of Brenda4Kids, encourages parents to be involved in their children’s school and know the types of books they are being exposed to in the classroom.
“I advise parents to ask the principal and their child’s teacher, at the start of the school year, if lessons on gender identity will be included in the classroom, school, or library,” Lebsack told The Daily Signal in an email Tuesday….
The following are six more popular LGBTQ children’s books to look for in your son’s or daughter’s classroom this fall:
They She He Me: Free to Be! by Maya and Matthew Smith-Gonzalez
The colorful, albeit text-heavy They She He Me: Free to Be! is written as a kids’ guide to pronouns.
“Not only can he and she mean more than what people think, there are also more pronouns than just she and he,” authors Maya and Matthew Smith-Gonzalez write.
The book begins with 18 illustrated pages of children and adults standing side by side in shades of green, blue, and yellow. Some look like boys, others like girls, and some appear gender neutral.
Across the bottom of the page runs a line of pronouns. “Me Me Me,” “He He He,” “She She She,” “They They They,” and “Tree Ze Tree Ze.”
The following six pages explain the concept of pronouns to children and how kids can change their pronouns because “only you can know what pronoun expresses the spirit of who you are on the inside.”
Even “tree” can be a pronoun, according to the book’s authors. “You can change pronouns from he to she or from she to he, you can use new ones like ze, or create your own like tree!”
The book encourages children to explore pronouns and ultimately be called by “what feels right to you.”
Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack
The rhyming story Prince & Knight puts a homosexual twist on the classic tale of a prince in search of his true love.
In the first few pages, we meet a “handsome and sincere” prince who needs a bride before he can take his place as king. But none of the ladies the prince meets are right for him.
“The prince met many ladies (and he made them all swoon!), but it was soon clear that he was singing a different tune.”
When a dragon attacks the prince’s kingdom, he rushes to fight the beast. But the prince can’t beat the dragon alone. Enter the knight.
Together, the prince and the knight defeat the dragon. Embarking on such a dangerous act of courage would likely unite the two strangers in brotherly friendship in a classic children’s story, but not in this tale.
“The knight took off his helmet to reveal his handsome face, and as they gazed into each other’s eyes, their hearts began to race.”
To solidify the relationship between the two men, the story ends with a wedding.
“And on the two men’s wedding day, the air filled with cheer and laughter, for the prince and his shining knight would live happily ever after.”
Who Are You? by Brook Pessin-Whedbee
Complete with a gender wheel, Who Are You? is a “kid’s guide to gender identity.”
The book begins by explaining that everyone has a sex “assigned” to them at birth, but “[s]ometimes people get this confused with gender. But gender is much more than the body you were born with.”
Pictures of children playing and exploring are accompanied with text about gender choices.
“And for some people, there are more than just two choices. These are just a few words people use: trans, genderqueer, non-binary, gender fluid, transgender, gender neutral, agender, neutrois, bigender, third gender, two-spirit … .”
Kids will find a colorful wheel in the back of the book that contains three spin sections. The first is “I have … ” and it allows children to select “a body that made adults guess ‘girl,’” “a body that made adults guess ‘boy,’” or “a body that made adults guess ‘not sure.’”
The second section lets kids spin the wheel to choose “I am … ” and lets them select from a list of 18 options, including “sometime a girl and sometime a boy,” “trans,” and “genderqueer.”
And the third section of the wheel gives children the opportunity to pick what they like, from vests and headbands to dancing, reading, or making forts.
My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis
The colorful pink pages of My Princess Boy tell the story of a 4-year-old boy who likes to play “dress up in girly dresses” and “dances like a beautiful ballerina.”
Written from a mother’s perspective, the book shares how the family of “Princess Boy” supports him in his love of all things pretty and pink.
“And his brother dances with my Princess Boy.”
“His dad tells my Princess Boy how pretty he looks in a dress.”
We learn that “Princess Boy” is “happiest when looking at girls’ clothing” while shopping.
The story leaves readers with a few questions to ponder.
“If you see a Princess Boy … Will you laugh at him? Will you call him a name? Will you play with him? Will you like him for who he is?”
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
The beautifully illustrated And Tango Makes Three tells the story of two male penguins in Central Park Zoo that “did everything together.”
While the other male and female penguins partner off with one another, Roy and Silo stick side by side.
“They didn’t spend much time with the girl penguins, and the girl penguins didn’t spend much time with them. Instead, Roy and Silo wound their necks around each other. Their keeper, Mr. Gramzay, noticed the two penguins and thought to himself, ‘They must be in love.’”
The two penguins love spending time together, but they are sad because they cannot lay an egg like the other penguin couples. When the zookeeper sees them build a nest and sit on a stone to try to hatch an egg, he has an idea.
The zookeeper “found an egg that needed to be cared for, and he brought it to Roy and Silo’s nest.”
Roy and Silo take turns sitting on the egg and caring for it until one day “out came their very own baby!”
“She had fuzzy white feathers and a funny black beak. Now Roy and Silo were fathers. ‘We’ll call her Tango,’ Mr. Gramzay decided, ‘because it takes two to make a Tango.’”
Neither by Airlie Anderson
Only bunnies and birds live in the land of “these and those,” but one day “both” or “neither” is born.
“Neither” is not a bunny or a bird, but has characteristics of both. Because the little animal is not like the bunnies or the birds, he is told, “You can’t play with us. You’re not rabbity enough!” And the birds tell him, “You can’t play with us. You’re not birdy enough.”
The bunny/bird leaves the “Land of This and That” to find a new home in “The Land of All,” where there are “many different kinds.”
The colorful picture book concludes by showing readers the “many kinds: this and that, somewhat and whatnot, either, very, sort of, just, rather, a little, neither and both … .”
The above comes from an Aug. 9 story in The Daily Signal.
Please do not presume that these books are not in Catholic schools attended by your children and grandchildren. Parents have primary responsibility for the education of their children. (See the Catechism of the Catholic Church #2223.) Do your due diligence and ensure that they’re not being brainwashed by this perverse ideology. It’s an “open secret” in many Catholic schools that there are practicing homosexuals on staff and many others who are sympathetic to their LGBTQ+ agenda.
Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose is just one example of a school teaching “gender fluidity.” It’s public knowledge there because of their new president, but, tragically, it’s not rare.
I have been a teacher in the government schools of California for over 35 years. I have seen them deteriorate to the point where they are today. The best advice that I can give to parents today is to find a way to homeschool your children.
Voucher schools, a virtual panacea.
It really bothers me to see these kinds of subversive, morally-dangerous books displayed prominently in the local library branches. I think all of this should be against the law. I don’t think kids should have to ever deal with “LGBT” issues when getting educated. Nor do kids ever have to learn all details of the lives and struggles of the “LGBT’s.” I think kids of all ages, through college, should receive a good education– and be protected from the morally-dangerous activities of the “LGBTs.” I think all kids should just be taught to be kind and accept all others, no matter who they are, and leave it at that. And I think the “LGBT’s” should just go about their business, do their best, and figure out their lives for themselves, with appropriate help and support as needed. Life is not perfect for anyone, and we all have to adjust to life, the best we can.
These books are another kind of child porn. Harmful and disgraceful, based on abuse, humiliation and fear, those who publish this trash should be held accountable.
The narrative of these books teach children to lie. To themselves, to each other. They demand adults go along with a lie. The future, if we allow this, is very bleak.