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10,000 Dresses Hardcover – Picture Book, November 4, 2008
| Marcus Ewert (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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This gorgeous picture book—a modern fairy tale about becoming the person you feel you are inside—will delight people of all ages.
- Reading age5 - 9 years
- Print length32 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade levelKindergarten - 4
- Lexile measureAD540L
- Dimensions8.22 x 0.33 x 10.32 inches
- PublisherTriangle Square
- Publication dateNovember 4, 2008
- ISBN-101583228500
- ISBN-13978-1583228500
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"My own favorite (and one of my daughters’ favorite) books about being a 'gender variant' kid, 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert. Bailey is a little girl whose family are all convinced that she is a boy. At night she dreams of beautiful dresses and by day she tries to share her visions with the world. Her family all refuse to listen, but in the end, she meets someone who understands and together they make her dream designs come true." —Lesbian Family
“I love this book! If I had read it growing up, I might have felt better about my dress-wearing habit.” —Isaac Mizrahi
“Marcus Ewert's 10,000 Dresses is a joyous book about self-acceptance and identity. It is also the only children's picture book that features an openly transgender protagonist, and does so with both sensitivity and celebration.” –Philadelphia Gay News
“If you are a member of an LGBT family with young children, or the friend or ally of an LGBT family with young children, and want to expose your children to what the broad LGBT community looks like, you need to expose yourself and these children to the picture book 10,000 Dresses.” –Pam's House Blend
“Bailey is a wonderful creation, but then again so are the dresses she dreams up; the illustrations by Rex Ray have a sleek, artful look.” –Edge Boston
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- Publisher : Triangle Square; Illustrated edition (November 4, 2008)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 32 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1583228500
- ISBN-13 : 978-1583228500
- Reading age : 5 - 9 years
- Lexile measure : AD540L
- Grade level : Kindergarten - 4
- Item Weight : 11.3 ounces
- Dimensions : 8.22 x 0.33 x 10.32 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #387,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #82 in Children's Books on LGBTQ+ Families
- #760 in Children's Fiction on Social Situations
- #16,153 in LGBTQ+ Books
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Love the description of the gown dreams, and the concept in general, but the story fell a little flat and left me more annoyed by the lack of explanation for a boy being referred to as "she" than anything else. Nobody here is really a character, and Baily appears to have only two facial expressions, making her veeery hard to identify with. This topic needs to be fleshed out more fully and our hero Baily deserves an expressive face to make readers understand and love her. I also think that kids who don't know someone like Baily and have no idea this phenomenon exists will be extremely confused trying to read this book on their own without a sensitive grownup around to explain why a boy is referred to as "she," and I'm sure we all know that those grownups are not available all the time!
This would not make the grade as a general-interest book - because it's one of the rare ones to treat this issue at all, I believe the praise from other quarters is artificially inflated. Too bad, because a lot more awareness & sensitivity are needed around gender-identity topics. I strongly prefer "My Princess Boy" by Cheryl Kilodavis. Now THAT boy is a living, breathing soul we want to love and protect.
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an absolute must for readers of all ages trans or otherwise
This is a story that my class of 5 year olds have requested again and again. Fantastic for making children think.
I recommend it to any teacher or parent.







