Super Gay is listed as a graphic novel with a basic look at gender pronouns. The supposed target audience is "those just learning how to read ages 1-6 years of age."

I am having a difficult time with the official description of this book. It states:

"Super Gay is here to save the day in this pride filled story for anyone learning about their pronouns. The importance of accepting and loving yourself and everyone around you. This explores love in a safe way. Every child should be able to learn about their pronouns."

This is a very lofty goal for something that only consists of a few pages. To mitigate that feeling, the description states:

"This is meant to be a simple read for those just learning how to read ages 1-6 years of age. It's also meant for children with special needs. It's meant to not go in depth to every pronoun yet."

However, there is absolutely nothing in the book that talks about the importance of loving yourself. There really isn't even much about gender pronouns. Yes, some pronouns are listed but there is zero description as to what each pronoun means.

I am being generous in giving this book a rating of 3 out of 5 Stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ and the only reason I did not rate it as a 2 is the fact that I did like the illustrations.

This book needs a bit of an overhaul before a second look in the planned series is released. Words are necessary. Illustrations are just not enough when it comes to this complex issue.

I do give the author/illustrator kudos for trying, but I believe she would benefit from reading other books about pronouns for children before re-releasing this title.

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It is in the simplicity of the book that the message rings strong...

Respect.

Let everyone love who they want to love.

Better to spread love than hate.

Pride should not be just a month. It should be a right for everyone to love who they want.

Love is love.

SUPER GAY by Jesse Hersey is a children’s book that explains in the most simplistic terms what pronouns are. Like he she they them etc. with vivid pictures a Lil super hero tells the tale. I thought this book was adorable and a great idea, although I think they should’ve left out that some people don’t agree with their lifestyle, because my dad always said it’s better to be an example then to give the example and if we teach our kids will we have in common anyone who comes up against that in a perfect world will not be someone that child gravitates too. In any event this is a great book for kids one through three and I think anyone with children or grandchildren should get this book it’s one I highly recommend. Please forgive any errors as I and blind and dictate my review but all opinions are definitely my own. I want to thank the author and net galley for this review copy.

A great little book with good heart. A nice addition to a class or household book shelf as it has a modern feel with the animation style and a basic Introduction to pronouns for younger kids.

This is supposed to be an introduction to pronouns for the very young, but I have seen it done better, and with more explanation. In this book we are just introduced to people who have different pronouns, and that sometimes people hate the queer community.

That's it. That's the whole book.

It is a good attempt, but isn't for me.

<em> Thanks to netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.</em>

This was very very short. A bit too short to give a proper rating I think.
It was cute, the drawings were fun and the overall message "Super Gay" is right up my alley, but it also felt a bit forced? Idk. But if you have five minutes to spare, you could give this a little read. It was pretty cute overall...

It is kind of hard to give a review of a book with only 13 pages. This book is way too short, but would work well if it's an introduction to a series of books.
I liked the illustrations a lot and I get that it's targeted for younger children but there really was no plot. The first part focuses on pronouns, which was weirdly just pointing at random people saying "this person is a he/him" "this person is a she/they" (no neopronouns?), it could've been better giving us at least their names and a little bit about these people.
The 2nd part is about the main character's partner and relationship and how they overcame hate. Which felt a bit disconnected from the first part
I somewhat liked it, but not that wow. Maybe I expected more seeing the main character pictured as a super hero, but was disappointed as she doesnt do any super hero things

Thank you to NetGalley and the author for an ARC of this children’s book!

The description suggests this book for ages 1-6 and is supposed to be a very basic introduction to pronouns for children. It is also the introduction for the superhero Super Gay.

The artwork for this is really cute and I love the idea of introducing kids to pronouns. I wish that this was just a bit more fleshed out, though. I understand wanting the book to be accessible to young readers, but in my experience 1-3 year olds are mostly in it for the pictures anyway - so you might as well add a little more substance for them to get more out of it as they get older.

I’m excited to see how this series progresses and am happy to see so much representation coming out for kiddos.

A book with a superhero named Super Gay who introduces the importance of using people's correct pronouns. It seems like this will be the first in a new series. Short and easy to read!

Thank You NetGalley and Onenesslovepublishing for an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

This book had great promise. I do feel like it fell short in a couple of ways. First I understand scheduling issues but they missed a HUGE opportunity releasing this book for Pride Month. Second, I d like how it touches bas with pronouns but I fell like instead of just rhyming all the pages there could have been a story line to actually get behind. Maybe name characters and show examples of how different each person can look.

Otherwise it was a cute introduction for youth on pronouns.

Unfortunately I was unable to read this title, as the PDF and Netgalley versions both only contain the title page and nothing else. I would love to give this book another try when I'm able to get a physical copy in hand. The cover looks very bright and engaging, so I'm sure the story will be something I'd love to share with my children and students.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing a copy of this in exchange for an honest review.

This book was good. I liked that they compared characters, both their similarities and their differences. This book would be great for a school classroom, home or library.

The pictures that went with the book were simple, colorful and well done.

Overall, I would read more by this author.

It was a cute book with bright and colorful illustrations, aimed at a very young age group, trying to introduce different pronouns.

I like what the author was trying to do, I just don't know if kids that age will get it?

A fun book to introduce children to the usage of different pronouns. I love the title and the art, which is bright and attention grabbing. I was also appreciative of the fact that the book discusses not only she/her, he/him, they/them, but also a mix of she/they, etc. pronouns.

I wish it was maybe a little longer or could have touched on the fact that some people don't even use any of those pronouns and I also didn't like that there was a correlation made between pronouns and sexuality. For example, being gay and being trans, while are both a part of the LGBTQAI+ community, do not necessarily go hand in hand, but I understand that's getting into more than a child's understanding of a book would be.

Super Gay is a book filled with pride for young readers. The first book is supposed to be a quick introduction, and it is an easy read book about pronouns, and that love is love.

I think it's great that young readers get to know pronouns as early as this book recommends: between 1-6 years old. The earlier we learn to accept people for who they are, the better. Kids are also more understanding, more eager to learn, and therefore it is great that this book exist. I can't wait to read the next book in this series.

Happy reading!❤

This is a picture book for children attempting to explain the basics of pronouns. I enjoyed the premise of this book, and found the artwork to be inclusive. I also understand this is meant to be the first in a series, so more in-depth information may be yet to come. I hope that is the case, because unfortunately this book doesn’t really do much to actually explain pronouns. Rather, it identifies and names various pronouns, which is a good starting point, but I had hoped for more.

Thank you to NetGalley and Onenesslove Publishing for the ARC for review.

I had such high hopes for this book, unfortunately this book fell flat. It's all about pronouns which is important, but there is no substance to this story. Second, I don't think the intended audience would receive the books message. To be honest, I'm not sure what the author's message is. Overall, this was a good concept, but it was not executed effectively.

Adorable book to introduce children on how to properly use people's pronouns but I was hoping for a little more from a book called Super Gay. Hopefully we get more from the character and it branches out to cover all subjects for children to be able to understand

(I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.)
Expected publication: September 22nd 2022

Super Gay by Jessi Hersey is a cute and important book for young readers (the target audience is 1-6 year-olds, according to the description). I had some trouble opening the document, as it didn't work on my computer nor on the net-galley app. I ended up being able to read this on my kindle, but feel like I didn't get to enjoy the book as much as I could have.

Leaving behind this fact, I also did not love reading it. Eventhough I understand that it is a children's book, this one felt extremely rushed and it did not even explain some vary basic things. I appreciate the representation and I believe this definitely is a step in the right direction, but I just don't think it was very well developed. It tried to tackle too much at once...

I just realized that I don't even know how to summarize this book. It mainly focuses on identity and pronouns, especially in the beginning. Then, the main character -Madison (she/her), aka Super Gay- tells us a bit about her partner, how the fell in love and how they wish to fight against homphobia. The ending is quite sudden and I just feel like something was missing. It could have maybe benefited from having a plot and not just pointing to random characters and saying: "look! this person is a he/they" or "this one is a she/her". I don't think they got their point across.

I'm very sorry to not rate this any better, but this book was just a big "meh". It did not make me feel anything, but I do hope it can maybe help some parents or adults have a deeper conversation about pronouns with their children.