10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert

10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert is a powerful picture book that promotes identity, gender roles, perspectives, tolerance, friendship and social awareness.

Every night. Bailey, a boy who identifies as a girl dreams of wearing beautiful dresses. The reaction of her family is devastating. “Boys don’t wear dresses!” She soon meets an older girl who is inspired by Bailey’s courage to follow her dreams. They work together to make the dresses in Bailey’s dreams become a reality.

Illustrator: Rex Ray

Publisher: Seven Stories Press (2009)

ISBN: 9781583228500

Teaching Resources: 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert

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Educate and Celebrate: Original Song, with lyrics
Fair Education Act: 10,000 Dresses Lesson Plan
The Highland Council: Equality and Diversity Lesson Plan ‘10,000 Dresses’
Mermaids UK: Resources and information to support gender non-conforming or transgender children
No Outsiders: Transgender Awareness KS2-3: 10,000 Dresses Lesson Plan
SF Gate: ‘10,000 Dresses’: A book about gender identity
SF Weekly: Author Marcus Ewert talks Beats, Guns, and Transgender Kids
SF Gate: Exuberant Rex Ray works not to be taken lightly
Teaching Tolerance: 10,000 Dresses Classroom
Today’s Little Ditty: Spotlight on Marcus Ewert and DMC Challenge
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