When Aidan Became A Brother

When Aiden Became a Brother

Author: Kyle Lukoff

Illustrated by: Kaylani Juanita

Ages Preschool and up

A beautifully illustrated picture book with a heartwarming story. When Aiden was born everybody assumed he was a girl but the typical “girls things” his parents gave him, like a pretty name, a frilly bedroom and clothes that girls might like to wear, never felt right to him. With the support of his parents he is able to settle into a much more comfortable life as a transgender boy. When Aiden’s parents tell him that they are having a baby Aiden is excited to become a big brother. He wants the baby to feel understood right away and helps his parents prepare for the baby’s arrival. As the day gets closer he worries that they haven’t chosen the correct things for the baby. What if they’ve gotten everything wrong like it had been for him at the beginning? His parents help him to understand that mistakes may be made, as they had been with him, but things can always be fixed.The most important job as a big brother is to love the baby and that he already knows how to do. 
Winner of the 2020 Stonewall Award. The Stonewall Award is sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table.  

Contributed by: Annmarie O’Neill

Annmarie is recently retired after a wonderful career as a Library Teacher in the Weymouth Public Schools and now participating fully in retirement by continuing as a reading tutor for the Literacy Volunteers of MA at the Thomas Crane Library in Quincy (they can always use new tutors), supervising graduate students in the Simmons University Library Teacher program, traveling, exploring creativity (quilting, writing, drawing, crochet) and maintaining a Little Free Library at her house.