Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope Alicia Más In this sweet and brightly

In this sweet and brightly illustrated picture book

But when Zubi sees her mother frowning in the mirror and talking about being “too big

one piece at a time

first kiss

there's a better

Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope Alicia Más In this sweet and brightlyJodie Patterson, activist and Chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board, shares her transgender son's experience in this important picture book about identity and acceptance. Penelope knows that he's a boy. (And a ninja.) The problem is getting everyone else to realize it. 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