What Are Your Words?: A Book About Pronouns

Young Ari’s Uncle Lior comes for a visit and teaches Ari about the use of pronouns and how some people choose to identify in ways that represent how they feel rather than how they look. As Ari and Lior ask others in the neighbourhood what their words are that day, Ari struggles to find their own words and learns from Uncle Lior that it is okay to feel different from day to day. This timely picture book teaches children to show kindness and compassion to others regardless of how they identify and express themselves. It focuses on gender, identity, diversity, and inclusion, introduces gender-neutral pronouns, and can help build safe, kind, and supportive classrooms and school communities.