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My Princess Boy Hardcover – Picture Book, December 21, 2010

by Cheryl Kilodavis (Author), Suzanne DeSimone (Illustrator)

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A heartwarming book about unconditional love and one remarkable family.

Dyson loves pink, sparkly things. Sometimes he wears dresses. Sometimes he wears jeans. He likes to wear his princess tiara, even when climbing trees. He’s a Princess Boy.

Inspired by the author’s son, and by her own initial struggles to understand, this heartwarming book is a call for tolerance and an end to bullying and judgments. The world is a brighter place when we accept everyone for who they are.

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"This is a book about unconditional love, social acceptance, and a strong family. It is also a call for diversity, tolerance, and an end to bullying and judgments. It will be well placed in elementary school counseling offices as well as in school and public libraries."–Alison Donnelly, Collinsville Memorial Public Library, IL

- SLJ June 2011

About the Author

Cheryl Kilodavis is a native Seattle-ite of mixed African American and Caucasian heritage. Cheryl has a BS in business from the University of the Pacific and executive leadership MBA from Seattle University. She is an author, a strategic marketer and social entrepreneur whose passions include learning from experiences, creating interesting discussions, addressing large scale issues for the next generation, reading for lifelong learning, and building long-term relationships with people from all walks of life. The daughter of Willie and Christine, wife of her high school sweetheart, Dean, and mother of two wonderful sons, Dkobe and Dyson, Cheryl’s primary joy in life lies in spending time with her family, friends, and dog.

Suzanne DeSimone has many years of design, brand, and artistic illustration experience. She is an exceptional artist who has a keen ability to balance great design solutions within any environment. As a creative director, Suzanne translates artistic vision into abstract art displays. She also creates and builds new brands. Suzanne has a BA in graphic design from Western Washington University, and lives in Seattle with her husband, John-Paul, and three children, Alexandra, Joshua, and Dario.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aladdin; Illustrated edition (December 21, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 36 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1442429887
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1442429888
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 6 years, from customers
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches

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Cheryl Kilodavis is a is a native Seattle-ite mixed with African-American and Caucasian heritage. She is wife to her high school sweetheart, and mother of two sons. With deep roots and connections in the Pacific Northwest, Cheryl's passions include learning and exploring through community, reading for continuous lifelong learning, addressing large scale issues for the next generation, and building long-term relationships with people representing all walks of life.

A social and business entreprenuer, Cheryl is a Principal of KD Talent LLC, Founder of Authentici.org, and a newly published author of My Princess Boy. Cheryl attended both public (Eckstein Middle School and Garfield High School) and a private schools (Villa Academy) in Seattle. Cheryl has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and Marketing from the University of the Pacific and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated. She has a Leadership Executive MBA from Seattle University and is a selected member of Beta Gamma Sigma.

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Customers find the book's message compelling and self-affirming. They describe it as a great story that helps kids understand that being different is okay. The book celebrates diversity and uniqueness without giving a label. Many readers find the story heartwarming, joyful, and fun to read. However, some find the lack of facial features in the illustrations odd.

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43 customers mention "Message"43 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's message. They find it engaging and compelling, with a self-affirming story about an ordinary boy who likes sparkly things. The book encourages empathy and psychic connection between parents and child, which is an example for all parents.

"...This is a wonderfully self-affirming book. Every parent and grandparent should enjoy this book with their child." Read more

"...Overall the book is very joyful and fun to read. The illustrations are precious and include diversity...." Read more

"...This book is also great to lead into other discussions with children about accepting all people for who they are, what color they are, and who they..." Read more

"Love the message here. I think it works well in the preschool range- any older and it lacks an engaging storyline...." Read more

27 customers mention "Literacy"27 positive0 negative

Customers find the book helpful for teaching tolerance and acceptance. They say it's a great book for kids to understand that being different is okay and promotes understanding. The book opens up good discussions and is suitable for all ages.

"...Overall the book is very joyful and fun to read. The illustrations are precious and include diversity...." Read more

"...This story teaches children and adults that we are all unique individuals and we should all be recognized for that...." Read more

"...This sweet story is family friendly and promotes diversity and acceptance with simple to understand words to help explain a phase that may last a..." Read more

"...I thought it would be a great book for talking to my nephew about how some boys like pretty things, and that's okay...." Read more

17 customers mention "Story quality"14 positive3 negative

Customers enjoy the story's quality. They find it heartfelt and family-friendly. The book promotes diversity and acceptance with simple language. Readers also mention that the book brings up interesting and thought-provoking ideas.

"Well written story about a little boy who loves to dress up as a princess...." Read more

"...This sweet story is family friendly and promotes diversity and acceptance with simple to understand words to help explain a phase that may last a..." Read more

"...You can tell that this story is written from the heart, and kudos to the mommy for writing it!..." Read more

"What a beautiful story that helps teach children acceptance and love! My daughters often pick this gem as their bedtime story ❤️" Read more

8 customers mention "Diversity"8 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's celebration of diversity. They say it celebrates the uniqueness of each person without giving a label. The book is a must-have for young readers that includes diversity and acceptance of differences. Customers find the message poignant and tender, with an overarching theme of love.

"A very simple book for young readers that celebrates being different, but also acknowledges the pain of sometimes not being accepted...." Read more

"...The message in the book is cute, but it reiterates over and over that the boy loves GIRLY things and GIRLY dresses...." Read more

"...This book celebrates the uniqueness of all without giving a label. I bought a copy for his teacher and a copy for him...." Read more

"This is poignant and tender. It's about loving, deeply and unconditionally...." Read more

7 customers mention "Heartwarming"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the book heartwarming and enjoyable to read. They describe it as joyful, sweet, and delightful. The book is about loving deeply and unconditionally.

"...Overall the book is very joyful and fun to read. The illustrations are precious and include diversity...." Read more

"This is a beautiful heartwarming book, that my little princess boy loves!..." Read more

"...I'm so glad I did! It's a heartwarming little book and has already won its way into both of my kids hearts...." Read more

"This is poignant and tender. It's about loving, deeply and unconditionally...." Read more

3 customers mention "Acceptance"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the book's message of acceptance helpful. They say it helps them learn to understand and appreciate others and themselves.

"...It is a sincere and compelling message of love, hope and acceptance. If you love this book, please consider the book Choose To Love...." Read more

"...everyone should read their kids to learn to understand and accept others and themselves." Read more

"Buy this book!!! Acceptance, Joy, Freedom of Expression! Lovely." Read more

8 customers mention "Writing quality"5 positive3 negative

Customers have different views on the writing quality. Some find it simple and clear, with easy-to-understand words that help explain a phase. Others feel the writing is not great, with very little text and only a few pages of drawings.

"...family friendly and promotes diversity and acceptance with simple to understand words to help explain a phase that may last a few weeks, a few..." Read more

"...I didn't know that it is a picture book with very little text. Book form would be much better for this little book." Read more

"...it recently for a presentation about gender identity and it's simplicity sends a clear and important message." Read more

"Such a simple but very meaningful book. Very realistic and accurate Great for boys, girls, and anyone of all ages." Read more

4 customers mention "Facial features"0 positive4 negative

Customers find the illustrations in the book lacking facial features. They mention that the characters lack eyes, noses, and mouths.

"...The first and most obvious one was that none of the characters in this book have faces illustrated...." Read more

"...The drawings have no faces which at first my son didn’t like, but it grew on him...." Read more

"...rendered and have dark brown skin-- but odd that they have faces without features...." Read more

"...But honestly, the fact that none of these folks have faces (eyes, nose, mouth) was just too disturbing to keep around...." Read more

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Wonderful inclusive approach for young children.
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Children should never feel concerned about who they are and what they choose to wear and to play with. This is a wonderfully self-affirming book. Every parent and grandparent should enjoy this book with their child.

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A very simple book for young readers that celebrates being different, but also acknowledges the pain of sometimes not being accepted. Overall the book is very joyful and fun to read. The illustrations are precious and include diversity. The faces are featureless, so the child can easily imagine them to be of themselves or their friends.

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My Princess Boy
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2010
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Well written story about a little boy who loves to dress up as a princess. This story teaches children and adults that we are all unique individuals and we should all be recognized for that. It doesn't matter what we dress like, we are just ourselves. Great book to explain to children to be friends with EVERYONE. This book is also great to lead into other discussions with children about accepting all people for who they are, what color they are, and who they love.

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Cute and simple
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Love the message here. I think it works well in the preschool range- any older and it lacks an engaging storyline. I bought this for my son who wants to dress like his little girlfriends at school- but who is actually quite pleased to be a boy- and books that talk about being trans wouldn’t really hit home with. Some of the other books on this topic wouldn’t really be relatable for him- but the vague “Princess Boy” description made him quite happy.

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Love the message here. I think it works well in the preschool range- any older and it lacks an engaging storyline. I bought this for my son who wants to dress like his little girlfriends at school- but who is actually quite pleased to be a boy- and books that talk about being trans wouldn’t really hit home with. Some of the other books on this topic wouldn’t really be relatable for him- but the vague “Princess Boy” description made him quite happy.

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There is a lot to love about this story, and I so enjoy the illustrations. I feel this book is a good tool to help communicate acceptance from a parental standpoint (which can sometimes be tricky.) Pointing out similarities and differences between siblings and friends is brilliant and very well done, but I do also wish the story encouraged all readers to appreciate the most important person to please and seek acceptance from is...ourselves, not others. This sweet story is family friendly and promotes diversity and acceptance with simple to understand words to help explain a phase that may last a few weeks, a few months or prove to demonstrate who someone is for their whole lifetime. Live and let live, play and be happy.

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We were first introduced to this book at our church. (Which is a very liberal church.) My daughter and I loved this book. I thought it would be a great book for talking to my nephew about how some boys like pretty things, and that's okay. He's been on a big kick about boys liking boy stuff and girls liking girl stuff. I wanted to start a conversation with him about being more open-minded. This book did the trick.

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Shannah
Ok book, but not what I had hoped for.
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2013
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I have my own "Princess Boy" who is 4. Many people who know him have recommended this book for us. We are very lucky, in that I have been able to keep my son sheltered from those that would make fun of him or be cruel. He doesn't realize he is doing anything strange or different. We read this book once, but I won't be reading it again for a while. First off both my kids (4 years and 2 years) were very, very distressed that nobody had any faces. The other problem is that I feel like it would just emphasize that what he is doing isn't typical. Maybe once my child encounters teasing or negative reactions we will pull it out again, and maybe I will loan it to friends who have kids who don't understand my child. But right now, this book isn't very helpful. I also wish it didn't focus so much on being "pretty," as that is something I don't feel is a healthy focus for boys or girls.

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Such a beautiful Book!
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2020
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This is a beautiful heartwarming book, that my little princess boy loves! He loves that the little boy is just like him and it shows that it is ok to be him! I love everything about this book!

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Cassandra
Schöne kleine Geschichte für Prinzen und Prinzessinen aller Art gedacht
Reviewed in Germany on October 13, 2017
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Habe dieses Buch gekauft, für den Fall, dass ich einen Jungen bekomme und siehe da, es ist einer geworden.
Man kann nie früh genug unterrichten, was Offenheit und Toleranz ist. Dieses Buch ist optimal.
Wer kein Englisch kann, es ist super einfach und die Bilder wunderschön, sowie selbst erklärend.

Ich würde dieses Buch jederzeit wieder kaufen.

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Reviewed in Canada on November 8, 2013
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Bought this as a gift for my 3 1/2 year old son, my own little princess boy. I have read through the story and find it quite touching. I think there will be quite a few points which my son will be able to relate to, but a few others which he won't be able to at all and I'll have to do a bit of tweaking when reading it to him. I'm looking forward to seeing his reaction when he reads about another little boy that's "just like him!".

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A beautiful book - a helpful read for youngsters to encounter and discuss
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This is a great little book, a lovely story, nicely told and a perfect book to share with youngsters of all and any genders to help them question and explore the apparently binary nature of gender identity and to help them start to develop understanding that not everyone fits in simple binary definitions. Its especially useful if you know a boy who would prefer to be a girl.

Princess boy ".. likes pretty things, Pink is his favourite colour, he plays dress-up in `girlie' dresses and dances like a beautiful ballerina." -In just twenty two words the first page of the book has set out everything a boy needs to know about how not to be a boy - indeed that first page could be read as a kind of hegemonic check-list of quintessential girl identifiers - implicitly setting out in stark contrast, the binary world; black and white: the difference between boy and girl. But of course, since this is a book about a princess identity its not black and white: here its purple ink on pink paper, but we are talking girl-world symbolism here.

We go on to learn that Princess Boy likes wearing: `a tiara; sparkly dress; green ballet leotard'; and `dancing with his friends' which of course are further identifiers and identities from which he finds himself effectively barred, by virtue of apparent anatomy. This a sweet book and in a very simple but effective way it describes the struggle facing a gender non-conforming boy. I can feel great sympathy with the protoagonist here and indeed his parents, and I'm pleased that the book identifies the prejudice they need to face. This book has far more reality and credibility to it than David Walliams' `The boy in the Dress' which for me lacked the often-times harsh and painful reality of a queer identity in our heteronormative school and social system. Walliam's book is fantasy of course, whilst this book is actually based on a true story: Dyson Kilodavis - the lad who is the inspiration for Princess Boy was four years old when his mother recognised that she was really struggling to reconcile her own internal rules about gender and her son's natural leanings towards a female identification rather than male. As part of her journey she wrote the book `My Princess Boy' to try to help challenge people's prejudice, in a simple way to get people to question the need for the discrimination. What I find interesting is that by four year of age he has worked out that there is a gender identity from which he is technically excluded but its one to which he wants access. We know that around this age boys and girls increasingly learn that their gender is apparently immutable - you are a .....[boy/girl] and therefore...[strict rules apply]

Clothes form the core theme of this book - the idea that he likes dressing up as a girl can only be achieved in the context of girl clothes being distinct. Of course its harder for a girl to dress as a boy - dresses can be `girlie dresses' but trousers are just trousers.

I gave my copy to a friend who works in a primary school as a contribution for their library - a few weeks later she told me that it was used in circle time by one of the classes and had helped a teacher and a class understand one of the boys in the group who himself felt like he'd rather be a girl.

I'd love to see a copy in every primary and junior school!

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The book was great! We used it at out local pride events in June. We set up a table with books that could be used to help explain diversity and support children and family that identify on the LGBTQ2S spectrum <3

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Excellent book. We used this in school when a little boy continued dressing up as a princess for 2 years. It opened up the subject with his class and stopped the giggling. The boy loved it. The blank faces weren't a problem at all.

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