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joana estrela menino menina identidade género
Menino Menina Joana Estrela
Menino Menina Joana Estrela
Menino Menina Joana Estrela
Menino Menina Joana Estrela

Technical specs

Original title: Menino, menina
48 pages / 195 x 220 mm
ISBN: 9789898145390 / RRP: 13,90€
1st edition: October 2020
2nd reprint: January 2025

© Rights sold: Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese (Traditional), English, Filipino, Icelandic, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Greek

Boy, girl

Joana Estrela

(Portuguese edition)

Our identity can’t be summed up in just two words — much less by a choice between the two words of this book’s title.

We won’t find meaningful answers to the questions of who we are and what we feel in a world where everything exists in black and white. Rather, there’s a whole range of tones and possibilities to explore (and thank goodness for that!).

In this book by Joana Estrela, we invite readers to celebrate diversity, freedom and respect for all. A book that speaks about gender identity in a simple way, with humour and sensitivity.

Suitable for all ages.

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Making of the book

Technical specs

Original title: Menino, menina
48 pages / 195 x 220 mm
ISBN: 9789898145390 / RRP: 13,90€
1st edition: October 2020
2nd reprint: January 2025

© Rights sold: Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese (Traditional), English, Filipino, Icelandic, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Greek

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13,90€

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Original price was: 13,90€.Current price is: 12,51€.
The final price includes 10% publisher's discount (valid until 31/12/2025)

Awards and recognitions

Recommended — Top 10 best books of 2020, TimeOut Lisboa

Recommended — National Reading Plan (Portugal)

Highly recommended — “Portuguese Literature” category, FNLIJ (Brazil, 2022)

Selected — BRAW Amazing Bookshelf Sustainability, Bologna Children’s Book Fair (2025)

What they say

Using rhyme and parallelisms to create a poetic style, Joana Estrela returns to one of the most frequent subjects of her literary creation: the question of gender identity and its diversity. What she presents us with stands out for the apparently simple way that it tackles the subject, questioning the reductive labels that tend to recognise just two genders, with which opposing colours, behaviours, clothing, taste and even personality traits are associated. By revealing the variety and diversity of gender identity, the author inspires respect and empathy in her readers, in a style combining both humour and sensitivity.
Plano Nacional de Leitura 2027 (Portuguese National Reading Plan)

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