10,000 dresses is a great book through which to explore gender expectations and roles. Bailey dreams of wearing dresses and despite Mum and Dad and brother saying Bailey is a boy and should not wear a dress, we never find out what gender Bailey identifies as. At the end Bailey makes a friend who does not label either way and doesn't care; together they create the most fabulous dress Bailey could ever want.
I've used this book to talk about including children who may be transgender in our school. Would Bailey be welcome at our school? Of course! We are all different at our school and we welcome everyone!
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