Reflection Press

"Create A New Reality" http://www.reflectionpress.com - independent publisher For us, at Reflection Press, we like change that starts at the bottom and rises!

s from there. So we focus a big part of our work on children–girls, children of color, transgender kids, gender creative kids,…..all kids. We produce materials that support a strong sense of individuality along with a community model of real inclusion. Our materials teach social awareness, critical thinking skills, as well as provide much needed reflection and respect. We envision a world rooted in true freedom, respect, and equality, and motivated by the knowledge that everyone is valuable and everyone has special creative gifts to share. Freedom Rocks! Let it begin within!

02/09/2024

Let the Rainbow Show! Our latest newsletter sharing new releases, free resources and self-publishing support....

We’ve got some new books OUT, books in the works, books that have won awards, and some great keynotes and trainings coming up. Plus if you’re looking to self-publish, Matthew can help you learn the ropes. Check it out!

07/07/2023

Our Summer Flash Sale is happening now! Beat the Book Bans with BIG SAVINGS on books, educational card decks, posters and more!

4 Days only to save BIG on books, posters, t-shirts, coloring books and more! Sale ends Monday, July 10th.

06/14/2023

"Naturally, a bit of the parent-bear rose up in me. These weren’t just characters I had made up for a book. The kids in I Can Be...Me are based on people I know or see in my community. I felt protective. I asked if I could include an illustrator’s note. In it I asked readers to not make assumptions, the kids “are who they are, and they are everything they want to be…The practice is to try to keep your mind and your heart open and see kids as people.”

Needless to say, I learned the lesson perhaps all parents learn. We can support our kids, but we cannot shield our kids, even our literary ones, from the world and its limitations."

Read the full article:

I Can Be...Me, "unbiased" reviews, and what keeps me strong in the face of discrimination by Maya Gonzalez I illustrated the recently re...

05/21/2023

Expand gender with Nature!
Join us this summer. Our new online workshops start in June!

Gender Wheel 101 - Establishing a holistic, nature-based perspective of gender for greater embodiment and peace. Take the Summer to get STRONG for the Fall!

03/31/2023

Last Day for The Gender & Infinity Book for Kids! Plus LOTS of free resources on our website for Trans Day of Visibility and Cesar Chavez Day

Find coloring pages, lesson plans, tips and more to make EVERY DAY Trans Day of Visibility! And resources to support PowerFULL Changemakers in honor of Cesar Chavez day.

03/30/2023

We have hesitated to share graphs like the one in our latest newsletter since it highlights that the organized efforts to ban books are in fact working and can destroy 4 years of work in less than a year. Possibly giving fuel to the fire for those spearheading these efforts.

But we also feel it's important to share the reality of bans.

It's the final week for us to reach our funding goal. Support from this campaign has literally been a safety net for our press as we continue to be heavily impacted by targeted book bans and restrictions.

03/28/2023

Maya talks Book Banning on the SCBWI blog with Lee Wind

Maya's picture book They, She, He, Easy as ABC was on PEN America's top ten list of banned picture books for the 2021-2022 school year. ...

03/24/2023

One week left on our campaign! A great time to pre-order our upcoming book, be instrumental in helping Maya create the final art AND join the community rising up to support a POC, q***r, & trans owned indie publisher!

a NATURALLY INFINITE twist on the gender conversation with kids! Help support the final art creation of our upcoming kids’ book!

03/08/2023

Contrary to conservative assertions, the reality is that body, gender and relationship diversity have been documented across all realms of nature for decades, and in humans for millennia.

The research is piling up and making it abundantly clear that outdated, oppressive politics based on gender stereotypes have no foundation in nature.

Turns out that q***r, trans, and intersex people are perfectly natural and occur at a rate that makes us both necessary and valuable to humanity. Trying to legislate against something documented as natural and necessary will eventually fade in the face of facts. The old, false story of nature being about a boy and a girl will no longer make sense in the same way.

The false binary narrative will be replaced by a larger, holistic perspective of bodies and gender that includes and values everybody.

March 7th, 2023They began by attacking trans kids, but the end game is clear. Conservatives called for "transgenderism" to be eradicated this week, and thousands cheered. They are intentionally fueling an ideological war with a platform that aggressively opposes any medicalization of gender, with na...

02/22/2023

We've been banned.

Our ABC book made the list for most banned picture books of the 2021/22 School Year

02/09/2023

The Gender & Infinity Book for Kids - a NATURALLY INFINITE twist on the gender conversation with kids. Our crowdfunding campaign launches TODAY with early bird rewards. Help support the final art creation for this important and transformative book.

a NATURALLY INFINITE twist on the gender conversation with kids. Our crowdfunding campaign launches TODAY with early bird rewards. Help support the final art creation for this important and transformative book.

11/28/2022

A special holiday discount, 25% off sitewide through Nov 29th.

Let the Rainbow Show! If you're looking for books and educational tools that apparently scare the $*&! out of conservatives, look no further than our radical indie press!

10/04/2022

Excited to announce that our new Gender Wheel Training Video Series will be available to stream On Demand October 26th!

And we're giving FREE and heavily discounted access this week only.

This is a dream come true for us!!!! and conveys years of love and devotion to our Q***r Trans Intersex community, coupled with the power, beauty, and mystery of nature.

Focusing on the trainings has been a potent support for us during these turbulent times. So we want to extend that support OUT! When you buy books and materials through Reflection Press this week, you get free and extended access to our new training, or you can pre-order access to the training at a great discount through Friday.

We've been piloting and perfecting this training for the past two years through Santa Clara County and it's glorious to now be able to bring it out of conference, org, and university settings and have it accessible to anyone interested in exploring a nature-based, decolonized, and holistic gender perspective.

Blessings OUT, maya and Matthew

Learn more and watch the trailer:
www.genderwheel.com/VIP

07/12/2022

We're on Instagram! Plus save the dates for FREE Gender Wheel trainings...

07/09/2022

The Gender Wheel is on Instagram - check us out here: https://www.instagram.com/genderwheel/
Follow for holistic, nature-based, and decolonized gender resources, curriculum, and info. New content dropping this Summer and Fall!

Also Like the Gender Wheel on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/genderwheel/

06/24/2022

While some libraries are spending time removing Pride displays for kids (looking at you, New York), YOU can support and uplift q***r voices and q***r kids with these bilingual children's books!
Check out these ALL Q***R created titles by debut children's book authors & illustrators and published by the POC, trans, & q***r-owned indie press, Reflection Press
www.reflectionpress.com/q***r2q***r
***rKidsBooks ***rEternal
**Chabelita’s Heart
by Isabel Millán
With the support of her loving Chicanx family, a girl named Chabelita discovers it’s okay to like other girls.
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El corazón de Chabelita
Con el apoyo de su querida familia Chicanx, una niña llamada Chabelita descubre que está bien que le gusten las niñas.
**Carlos, The Fairy Boy
by Juan A. Ríos Vega
A Carnival tradition in Panama expands when a supportive abuela encourages her grandson to follow his fairy boy dreams!
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Carlos, El Niño Hada
¡La tradición del carnaval en Panamá se expande cuando una abuela solidaria anima a su nieto a seguir sus sueños de niño hada!
**When We Love Someone We Sing to Them
Written by Ernesto Javier Martínez
Illustrated by Maya Gonzalez
A reclamation of the Mexican serenata tradition, When We Love Someone We Sing to Them follows the story of a young boy who asks his father if there is a song for a boy who loves a boy.
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Cuando Amamos Cantamos
Como reapropiación de la serenata Mexicana, Cuando Amamos Cantamos cuenta la historia de un niño que le pide a su padre que canten una canción para un niño que ama a otro niño.

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Videos

Lifting the enormous weight of Invisibility

Playing with Pronouns began as a way to celebrate and uplift gender diversity but what surprised us most is the impact it had on us personally.

a story about PRONOUNS...

PRIDE & PRONOUNS presents a story about Pronouns.... www.playingwithpronouns.com *Music credit: Carefree, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

All Genders All the Time Make the World Whole

Check out our latest video as Maya discusses reflection and belonging and watch the time-lapse of her painting the art for our newest Poster...All Genders All the Time Make the World Whole! Support our Kickstarter campaign for gender-inclusive educational materials and get the poster! http://kck.st/2EVg8ON #PlayingWithPronouns #ReflectionPress #GenderWheel When we KNOW that we BELONG, Learning is a JOY!

Playing with Pronouns: Gender-Inclusive Educational Cards

We have a Kickstarter campaign to fund the first printing of our new gender-inclusive educational cards. We've got 30 days to make it happen and have it ready for the new school year! Join us! http://kck.st/2EVg8ON #PlayingWithPronouns #TheySheHeMe #TheGenderWheel (Music credit: Carefree, Kevin MacLeod)

They, She, He easy as ABC

Breakdown stereotypes and assumptions, and practice inclusive pronouns all while learning the ABCs. Our gender inclusive ABC book is here! reflectionpress.com/abc #TheySheHeMe #GenderWheel #ReflectionPress

The Dance of Color! Bringing Color to Trans Visibility in Children’s Books

Join Maya Gonzalez, co-author and illustrator of “They, She, He easy as ABC,” for our final LIVE video of this series. It’s Trans Day of Visibility AND Cesar Chavez Day. Let’s talk about why it’s so important to not only include but give center stage to our kids of color in children’s books while we learn how to use watercolors to bring characters to life! Plus we’ll also be announcing our giveaway winners! This video builds off of our previous 3 videos in the series which can be found on our Videos tab. Geared to kids but grown-ups are highly encouraged to come play too!

Drawing Like Me is easy as ABC!

Join Maya Gonzalez, co-author and illustrator of “They, She, He easy as ABC,” for a LIVE demonstration on how to draw the characters in the book. Maya will be drawing brand new characters of kids selected from our giveaway! Building on the previous 2 videos where you learned how to create a simple rhyme for your alphabet page and saw some behind-the-scenes of what goes into the art....Now it's time to turn towards art making yourself and create your own alphabet character. This video will walk through drawing and using ink and getting your character ready to then take into watercolor in the final video of the series. Geared to kids but grown-ups are highly encouraged to come play too!

Behind-the-Scenes – An Inside Look!

Join Maya Gonzalez, co-author and illustrator of “They, She, He easy as ABC,” for a LIVE look at the inspiration for the book art including how it’s connected to our other book “They She He Me: Free to Be!” You’ll get to see some of the sketches and character development and more about the art materials she used for the book.

Reading, Rhyme & Keeping Time!

Join Maya Gonzalez, co-author and illustrator of “They, She, He easy as ABC,” for a LIVE reading excerpt from our newest book. Then engage in a writing demo and learn tips and tricks for creating your own rhymes in the style of the book. Find out how to keep the rhythm, do simple rhymes and play with alliteration. Geared to kids but grown-ups are highly encouraged to come play too!

Making the Invisible Visible! Playing with Pronouns in Books

Join Maya as she looks at several books and models how to play with pronouns and provide trans & non-binary reflection, dismantle the binary, and break down stereotypes & assumptions no matter what book you have.

#JazzAndFriends Community Reading

We're kicking off our online event in solidarity with #JazzAndFriends National Day of School and Community Readings to support Transgender and Non-Binary Youth! We'll be sharing lots of resources today, join us!

Live reading of When a Bully is President by Maya Gonzalez.

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Our Story

We, the people, are ready for a new way in the world: a new way of thinking, of relating, of being– rooted in equality, freedom and peace. NOW, more than ever, more and more of us are moving toward this, creating change in our families, our lives and the world. For us, at Reflection Press, we like change that starts at the bottom and rises! That’s why we begin with our most disenfranchised in society with the belief that real freedom, equality and the possibility of peace rises from there. So we focus a big part of our work on children– children of color, transgender kids, gender diverse & non-binary kids,…..all kids. We produce materials that support a strong sense of individuality along with a community model of real inclusion. Our materials teach social awareness, critical thinking skills, as well as provide much needed reflection and respect. We envision a world rooted in true freedom, respect, and equality, and motivated by the knowledge that everyone is valuable and everyone has special creative gifts to share. Freedom Rocks! Let it begin within!