“My princess boy is four years old. He likes pretty things. Pink is his favorite color.” A quietly pointed and affirming text in a mother’s voice describes a little boy who loves wearing dresses and playing princess. The acceptance of the little boy’s family—his mom, dad, and older brother—is not always matched by the acceptance of children and adults around him. “But a princess boy can wear a dress at his school and I will not laugh at him ... Will you laugh at him? Will you call him a name? Will you play with him? Will you like him for who he is?” Cheryl Kilodavis’s story was inspired by one of her own children. Suzanne DeSimone’s fanciful illustrations about a brown-skinned boy lack realism but capture the boy’s joy and pleasure in being himself. (Ages 3–7)

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.