Get ready to dive into one of Rainbow Reads’ 24 Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Children’s Titles of 2024! Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They! What Are Your Pronouns Today? by Lindz Amer and Kip Alizadeh, exceeds all expectations and brings a much-needed dose of queer joy to readers’ lives.
Title: Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They! What Are Your Pronouns Today?
Author: Lindz Amer
Illustrator: Kip Alizadeh
Publish Date: February 27, 2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Picture Book
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Lindz Amer, they are the brilliant mind behind the award-winning LGBTQ+ educational web series, Queer Kid Stuff. Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They! captures all of Lindz’s warmth and cheer combining their text with the brilliant illustrations by Kip Alizadeh – illustrator of The Wishing Flower, What Will You Be?, Plenty of Hugs, and more.
What sets ‘Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They!’ apart is its fresh approach to discussing pronouns. Rather than weaving a narrative, the book speaks directly to children, with Lindz featured as the narrator on the page. Through this engaging style, our talented narrator speaks about the bliss we feel when our gender expression aligns with our identity. The conversational tone keeps the topic from feeling educational or heavy, but we are instead focused on the joy we all feel when we’re being true to ourselves – a concept every child can understand.
Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They! is not just a book; it’s a celebration of authenticity and self-expression that will leave readers of all ages beaming with joy. Don’t miss out on this heartwarming gem – grab your copy today and let its message of inclusivity and acceptance brighten your world!
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About The Author:
Lindz Amer creates LGBTQ+ and social justice media for kids and families. They wrote, produced, and cohosted Queer Kid Stuff—an original LGBTQ+ educational web series for ages three and up—which The Huffington Post called a “groundbreaking YouTube educational resource.” They host the Rainbow Parenting podcast and wrote Rainbow Parenting, a queer and gender-affirming parenting guidebook for grown-ups, and the picture book Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They!. They also write and consult for preschool television. You can find them online at LindzAmer.com.
About The Illustrator:
Kip Alizadeh is an illustrator and visual artist. Recent picture books they’ve illustrated include Yamile Saied Méndez’s What Will You Be?/¿Qué Serás?, Fran Manushkin’s Plenty of Hugs, and Lindz Amer’s Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They!. When they aren’t creating, they like to DJ, spend time with their cats, and play sports. Kip is nonbinary, queer, Iranian, and English, and lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Visit them at Kipalizadeh.net.