LOVE, Jessica. Julian is a Mermaid. [Somerville, MA]: Candlewick, [2018]. Oblong 8vo, [32]pp. Color pictorial boards. Color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (minute rubbing to spine ends). Signed by the author/artist, Jessica Love.

First edition. An exuberant picture book about one boy who dreams of being a mermaid and his abuela who encourages him to be his true self. Hugely influential, this was the first very successful picture book to deal with children questioning their gender identity.