| View Larger Image | 10,000 Dresses | Hardcoverby Marcus Ewert (Author), Rex Ray (Author)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Seven Stories Press | | Page Count: | 32 Pages | | Publication Date: | November 01, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 53,402rd |
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FEATURES | - ISBN13: 9781583228500
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product 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 becomes the girl she always dreamed she’d be! This gorgeous picture book—a modern fairy tale about becoming the person you feel you are inside—will delight people of all ages. “I love this book! If I had read it growing up, I might have felt better about my dress-wearing habit.”—Isaac Mizrahi “Three cheers for Bailey, whose creativity and artistic vision will inspire readers of all ages to celebrate exactly who they are.”—Leslea Newman, author of Heather Has Two Mommies “[A] luminous little book”—San Francisco Chronicle “Probably the most daring book to hit the children’s market since Heather Has Two Mommies”—Foreword Magazine “Bailey's story and Rex Ray's imaginative illustrations will make this groundbreaking children's book a big hit at home. It's an uplifting, trans-positive book about friendship, dreams, and wonder.”—CURVE Magazine “Groundbreaking”—Bay Area Parent “Delightful...This short and lovely book gives young gender-non-conforming children a fantasy world where their dreams do come true.”—Windy City Times “If 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, or 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.”—Pam's House Blend “Bailey may continue to inspire families in new ways with her bravery and artistic vision.”—Bay Windows, New England's Largest GLBT Newspaper “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 “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 “It is a wonderful story that lets you see the world through the eyes of a gender variant child.”—Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Newsletter Marcus Ewert co-created the hit animated series, Piki & Poko: Adventures in StarLand, currently being shown on MTV’s LOGO channel. He is writing a memoir about his time with Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs. He lives in San Francisco. Rex Ray, a renowned graphic designer and fine artist, has a new retrospective book, Rex Ray: Art + Design, and a gift line available from Chronicle Books. His artwork has been exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, University Art Museum in Berkeley, San Jose Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, and elsewhere in the United States. He has gained an international reputation for his innovative graphic design work for many organizations, including Apple, DreamWorks, Sony Music, Rizzoli, Bill Graham Presents, Matador Records, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, and City Lights Books. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 8 reviews)
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GREAT BOOK by GenderEdGuy  5 Stars
November 27, 2009
I'm so impressed to find a children's book that's not afraid to address matters of transgender children.
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Good book for a child if you edit out the violent threat, great book for adults by C.L.  4 Stars
September 15, 2009
I have to admit, for days this book tickled me because of how it had challenged me. This is the book that when I was in college, I would have insisted my child would own someday and would probably have recommended it to anyone with children.
Oh how opinionated we can be about child rearing until we have one!
We got this book at our public library. My 4 year old daughter picked it out. I glance at the books she picks out (we bring home a lot every week) and this one seemed like the cutesy princessy pink books that are sometimes well written.
Started to read it, loved the description of the dresses.
And then as I'm reading aloud here it comes. You're a boy!
I try not to pre-expose my child to the hardships of the world until she has had a good chance to enjoy it. I'm not ready to talk to her about racism, I want her to continue to play.
She of course loves the conflict she finds in books and really keyed into the "rude" (her word) parents who told their son to go away.
Also at 4, children often begin to recognize the rules of society. She has recently begun to say she doesn't like men with long hair, women with short hair (ironically, I had short hair for most of her life).
So the recognition and challenge of a new societal rule thrilled her.
The second time we read it, she talked about how boys don't wear dresses. I told her some do. She asked if she were a boy could she wear dresses. I told her, of course, if she wanted to. She was quite pleased.
I would say this book, as a children's book, is good enough to grab attention and entertain and enjoy (we've read it a handful of times).
I did have a big problem with the brother's response. I didn't like the parents' responses, but the brother was name calling ("gross") and violent (threatening to kick).
I omitted that part when I read it. I realize that transgendered children are often going to be victims of violence, but I don't think that is a children's book material.
It's a 4 star book except for that one page with the violent threat.
I'm glad there was only one really negative review here.
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Can't wait for more books with Bailey by Raeann Simmons (Saginaw, MI USA) 5 Stars
August 22, 2009
This is a wonderful book, I did feel the parents were not as good as they could have been, but the most inportant thing is showing my son that he's not the only boy who likes dresses. So I found this book to be priceless in our library.
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A gender confused boy by L. Ash (Arizona)  1 Stars
August 17, 2009
This story is about a gender confused boy who needs couseling. There is nothing wrong with being artistic. However, there is something wrong with a boy who thinks he is a girl. This poor child is so confused. I started to read this book to my young child and abruptly stopped. I silently skimmed the rest of it. Saddening. God loves us and made each of us unique in our talents. He did not make a mistake in assigning genders to us. To any individuals struggling with this issue, I invite you to please seek help.
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A gentle and heartwarming story about the value of following one's dreams by Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) 5 Stars
June 19, 2009
Featuring striking color illustrations done in a unique paper-cut style, 10,000 Dresses is a modern-day fairy tale about Bailey, a girl who dreams about magical dresses made from crystals, rainbows, flowers or windows. No one has any interest in her dreams - until she meets Laurel, an older girl inspired to create beauty based on Bailey's nighttime visions. A gentle and heartwarming story about the value of following one's dreams and being open to inspiration from all sources ensues.
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