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From: Gjb71563 <gjb71563_at_aol.com>
Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 10:15:50 -0400 (EDT)
I think it is more socially acceptable for girls to be "tomboys" and wear boy-like clothes; whereas, boys wearing dresses is really frowned upon. This is evident in the father's reaction to his son in Jacob's New Dress (not Joshua). The book is honest and well done. Perhaps this is why there is the emphasis of having books with boy characters.
Gail Brown Voorheesville Public Library
-----Original Message----- From: Kathleen T.Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu> To: CCBC-Net Network <ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu> Sent: Wed, May 7, 2014 9:57 am Subject: [ccbc-net] Trans vs cross dressing
Several people have mentioned picture books about boys who want to wear dresses. Some, such as Marcus Ewert's "10,000 Dresses" depict a transgender child, by showing a young boy who feels he was born into the wrong body. Most trans adults say they were aware of this sense of being in the wrong body from a very early age. This year's books, "Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress" and
"Joshua's New Dress" leave things open to interpretation. The main characters could either be trans of gender fluid, or simply like to wear dresses.
It's interesting that to date all of these books deal with boys, even though there are also girls who hate wearing dresses and girly clothes, and girls who feel from an early age that they are truly boys in the wrong body. Why do you think this is? ( And if you can think of any comparable books about girls, let us know.)
-KT
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Received on Wed 07 May 2014 09:16:09 AM CDT
Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 10:15:50 -0400 (EDT)
I think it is more socially acceptable for girls to be "tomboys" and wear boy-like clothes; whereas, boys wearing dresses is really frowned upon. This is evident in the father's reaction to his son in Jacob's New Dress (not Joshua). The book is honest and well done. Perhaps this is why there is the emphasis of having books with boy characters.
Gail Brown Voorheesville Public Library
-----Original Message----- From: Kathleen T.Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu> To: CCBC-Net Network <ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu> Sent: Wed, May 7, 2014 9:57 am Subject: [ccbc-net] Trans vs cross dressing
Several people have mentioned picture books about boys who want to wear dresses. Some, such as Marcus Ewert's "10,000 Dresses" depict a transgender child, by showing a young boy who feels he was born into the wrong body. Most trans adults say they were aware of this sense of being in the wrong body from a very early age. This year's books, "Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress" and
"Joshua's New Dress" leave things open to interpretation. The main characters could either be trans of gender fluid, or simply like to wear dresses.
It's interesting that to date all of these books deal with boys, even though there are also girls who hate wearing dresses and girly clothes, and girls who feel from an early age that they are truly boys in the wrong body. Why do you think this is? ( And if you can think of any comparable books about girls, let us know.)
-KT
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