Did anybody read this years ago? I remember it being bought for me and reading it wishing it would happen to me!

"The story concerns Bill Simpson who wakes up one morning, to find he was a girl... Forced off to school in a frilly pink dress, Bill discovers one of the worst days in his life is about to begin. Baffled by the way things are just different for girls, Bill falls headlong into trouble.

The book has been used successfully to challenge gender stereotyping. In a study by A. Wing, in 2002 by the Social Science Research Unit, University of London, children were read Bill's New Frock. The content of the book was discussed with them. Children were able to articulate, and reflect on, their stereotypical constructions of gender and those in the world at large. There was evidence of children considering 'the different treatment that boys and girls receive', and of classroom discussion enabling stereotypes to be challenged."

Also just found a movie that was out of it on youtube for anybody who wants to watch it...

[Part 1/3] Bill's New Frock

I didn't read the book, but I remember at about 8 or 9 years old I watched it on TV and wished the same would happen to me, just without the whole changing back thing! It's probably like 15 years since then, and watching it, I still remember all the storyline!

Sarah
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I've still got my copy - used to imagine a frock that could give me a day as a girl.