Hilary Duff
My Little Brave Girl
A gentle, practical tool for teaching kids that bravery isn't the absence of fear but the choice to act anyway.
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Mis colores, mi mundo
by Maya Christina Gonzalez
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 2013
The only mainstream picture book that centers a nonbinary Latinx protagonist with this much visual and narrative joy — parents seeking mirrors for gender-nonconforming kids and their siblings will find it here.