This book is a fantastic tool to challenge the gender stereotypes fed to children about how to be and how to behave as they grow up. It is assumed by people around her that the main character is a boy; she wins races, she is brave and noisy and all through the story she is refereed to as a boy, to which she always replies, "I'm a girl!"
A child is told at one point that, "Dolls are for girls,"
"No they're not!" the child replies.
At the end of the story, the girl meets a boy who says, "I'm a boy! Being us is brilliant!" and the pair join in a song together, agreeing that there's no one else they'd rather be; "We're us!" conclude the children.
This is a great way to reassure young children that we are all different and that's ok. Girls are great and boys are great too, and children can be who they are regardless of their gender or gender identity.
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