10,000 Dresses
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed Jan 14, 2009 at 08:30:00 AM EST
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=C37C744B1DDC531A7C30CDD77EA548C5?diaryId=9019If you are a member of an LGBT family with young children, or the friend or the ally of an LGBT family with young children, or your an friend, family member, 10,000 Dressesor ally who wants 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. This is the first picture book aimed at 5 to 7-year-olds I'm aware of with a transyouth as the main character.
And, 10,000 Dresses is an absolutely beautifully written and illustrated book (written by Marcus Ewert; illustrations by Rex Ray). Frankly, I was expecting a mediocre children's book when I received a copy to review, and was extremely surprised at the quality of the book -- my eyes welled with tears the first three times I read it. From this artsy, trans woman's perspective: yes, the book is that good. This children's book is no doubt as important a work as Heather Has Two Mommies, and it certainly is as well done.
