{"id":1256,"date":"2022-04-10T14:36:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T14:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2022-04-10T14:36:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T14:36:50","slug":"picture-book-retrospective-im-a-parsnip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/picture-book-retrospective-im-a-parsnip\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture book retrospective &#8211; I&#8217;m a Parsnip!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the next few weeks I&#8217;m doing a retrospective of my picture books. Third up is\u00a0<em>I&#8217;m a Parsnip!<\/em>, a light-hearted look at the transgender experience.<br>Penny the carrot realises that actually she&#8217;s a parsnip. She has to explain this to her family and friends, then apply for a procedure to get herself changed. The process turns out to be long, bureaucratic and frustrating.<br>The book&#8217;s based on the experiences of a close relative of mine. Essentially it&#8217;s about someone trying to be true to themself. Transgender readers themselves seem to like it, so I&#8217;m quite proud of it. My favourite pictures are the ones of Penny&#8217;s dad receiving the shocking news, and of Penny herself after her successful procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-front-page.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-front-page-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1257\" srcset=\"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-front-page-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-front-page-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-front-page-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-front-page-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-front-page.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-005.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-005-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1258\" srcset=\"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-005-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-005-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-005-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-005-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-005.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-016.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-016-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1259\" srcset=\"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-016-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-016-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-016-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-016-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Im-a-parsnip-pic-016.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the next few weeks I&#8217;m doing a retrospective of my picture books. Third up is\u00a0I&#8217;m a Parsnip!, a light-hearted look at the transgender experience.Penny the carrot realises that actually she&#8217;s a parsnip. She has to explain this to her family and friends, then apply for a procedure to get herself changed. The process turns &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/picture-book-retrospective-im-a-parsnip\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Picture book retrospective &#8211; I&#8217;m a Parsnip!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1260,"href":"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions\/1260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/edwardpicot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}