Ian Hoffman – Cannonball Read 17

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Jacob's School Play: Starring He, She, and They by Ian and Sarah Hoffman

January 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

We have dealt with what clothes one can wear, and what bathroom we should use, now we are dealing with people and their pronouns in Jacob’s School Play: Starting He, She, and They by Ian and Sarah Hoffman. Jacob’s classroom is putting on a play, and in typical kid fashion we have the “I am excited I am going to be this character” and the “You are a sheep. No ram. But isn’t a ram just a male sheep?” conversation. And the “He has three […]

Bee Respectful, Bee Kind

Jacob's Room to Choose by Sarah Hoffman, Ian Hoffman

August 15, 2019 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Towards the end of library time, Mrs. Reeves asks the class if anyone needs to go to the bathroom before they head back to class. Jacob and Sophie raise their hands. The next page shows Jacob, wearing a dress, standing in front of a door with a pictograph of a person wearing pants. Sophie, wearing pants, is standing in front of a pictograph of a person wearing a dress. They stopped outside of the bathroom doors. “Do you think it’s okay?” asked Sophie. “I don’t […]

“I have to pee, let me be!”

Jacob’s Room to Choose by Sarah Hoffman

March 28, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Jacob’s Room to Choose is by the team of Jacob’s New Dress and is a needed book for the issue of non-conforming children and the public rest room. Sarah Hoffman, Ian Hoffman and Chris Case (illustrator) in Jacob’s New Dress tell the story of a young boy, Jacob, who is based on the Hoffman’s son. Jacob likes to dress in dresses and wants to go to school this way one day. With this new book, we are dealing with the issue that people might be […]

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