Title: 10,000 dresses
First published: 2008
Description: Every night, Bailey dreams about magical dresses: dresses made of crystals and rainbows, dresses made of flowers, dresses made of windows. . . . Unfortunately, when Bailey's awake, no one wants to hear about these beautiful dreams. Quite the contrary. "You're a BOY!" Mother and Father tell Bailey. "You shouldn't be thinking about dresses at all." Then Bailey meets Laurel, an older girl who is touched and inspired by Bailey's imagination and courage. In friendship, the two of them begin making dresses together. And Bailey's dreams come true!
Subjects: Fiction, Self-perception, Interpersonal relations, Transgender people, Identity, Juvenile fiction, Identity (Psychology), Children's fiction, Friendship, fiction, Clothing and dress, fiction, Dreams, fiction, LGBTQ picture books, Stonewall Book Awards, Identity (Philosophical concept), Transgender children, Gender identity, Sex role
LC classification: PZ7.E94717 Aaj 2008