My Name Is Brave: LGBTQIA+ by William Anthony (due January 2025) is a nice book and a good introduction on LGBT+ issues, but it has been done before. You could find this information in almost any book on the subject. However, the addition of showing how the reader can partake in helping this or another cause they need to be brave for, is good. The mixture of photographs and drawing bring to life a handful of advocates. In a few pages each we see a transgender woman, a gay transgender male, an Iranian gay man, a black gay man and a lesbian fight for representation. We see them change laws and stand up for what is right, even if it means imprisonment or even death. The people range from well known, to not as well known and are modern and a few historical people.
This format flows into My Name Is Brave: The Environment also by William Anthony. But instead of an issue that deals with people directly, we follow the ins and outs of environmentalism. We learn about people (such as Greta Thunberg) and much more. The activities are also included (how to make a protest come about), and we follow people as well. And there are some of the activities that cross over into both subjects (creating a charity). And both titles end on My Name is Brave page, that recaps the previous information.. Both also include a glossary to help with not only words that we usually assume people need help with (transgender) and words like government (something that wouldn’t be as obvious to an adult the child reader might need help with). I was not blown away by either book, as I said, this information has been done before. But it does allow the new generation to have their own title on the subject.
I would assume these books work well one on one or in the classroom setting. I am curious how the final result will be as I read both as an online reader copy, and what I saw leads me to assume the information is for the older reader, but the format might be a turn off. The size would be the deciding factor for me.