Author

Duron, Lori

Harris, Neil Patrick (foreword)

Burtka, David (foreword)

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Broadway Books

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

Softcover: 278 p.

Subject

Gender Reassignment

Sexual Health

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Issues

Children's Self-Identity

Young Adults Sexuality

LGBT

Abstract

Raising My Rainbow is Lori Duron's frank, heartfelt, and brutally funny account of her and her family's adventures of distress and happiness raising a gender-creative son. Whereas her older son, Chase, is a Lego-loving, sports-playing boy's boy, her younger son, C.J., would much rather twirl around in a pink sparkly tutu, with a Disney Princess in each hand while singing Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi."

C.J. is gender variant or gender nonconforming, whichever you prefer. Whatever the term, Lori has a boy who likes girl stuff - really likes girl stuff. He floats on the gender-variation spectrum from super-macho-masculine on the left all the way to super-girly-feminine on the right. He's not all pink and not all blue. He's a muddled mess or a rainbow creation. Lori and her family choose to see the rainbow.

ISBN

9780770437725

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

GK 716 DUR 2013

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Author

Sunderland, Margot

Armstrong, Nicky (illustrator)

Place of Publication

Oxon, UK

Publisher

Speechmark

Publication Date

2003

Physical Description

Spiral bound, paperback; 182 p. and picture book: paperback, col. ill.; (unpaged).

Series

Helping children with feelings

Subject

Anger

Children's Anger

Children's Emotions

Abstract

Hattie lives by herself on an island. Lots of people try to bring kindness to Hattie, but each time she is very horrid to them, smashing and spoiling everything they try to do for her. So after a while they all stop trying and Hattie is very alone. With the help of the lapping water-over-her-toes, Hattie understands that because she'd been a very sad and frightened little girl in a too hard world, she had become hard too, so that the awful fear and the awful pain would go away. The guidebook is to help children who: hurt, hit, bite, smash, kick, shout, scream or who are out of control, hyperaroused or hyperactive; can only discharge their angry feelings in verbal or physical attacks, rather than being able to think about and reflect on what they feel; are angry because it is easier than feeling hurt or sad are locked in anger or rage because of sibling rivalry; are controlling and punitive; regularly defy authority or are diagnosed with a conduct disorder; commit cold acts of cruelty, hurt animals or do not cry any more; spoil, damage or destroy what others do or make create fear in others because they have locked away their own fears.

Notes

Accompanied by the story book, How Hattie hated kindness, (ISBN 086388461X)

ISBN

0863884652

Language

English

Material Type

Kit

Call Number

CA 250 SUN 2003

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