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    Jacob's New Dress
    Jacob's New Dress
    Jacob's New Dress
    Ebook32 pages5 minutes

    Jacob's New Dress

    By Sarah Hoffman, Ian Hoffman and Chris Case

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    One of 10 Best Indie Picture Books of 2014, ForeWord Reviews
    Runner-Up, 2014 New England Book Festival: Children's Books
    2014 Distinguished List of the Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California
    CCBC Choices 2015

    An affirming story about gender nonconformity.

    Jacob loves playing dress-up, when he can be anything he wants to be. Some kids at school say he can't wear "girl" clothes, but Jacob wants to wear a dress to school. Can he convince his parents to let him wear what he wants? This heartwarming story speaks to the unique challenges faced by children who don't identify with traditional gender roles.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlbert Whitman & Company
    Release dateMar 1, 2014
    ISBN9780807563748
    Jacob's New Dress
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    Sarah Hoffman

    Sarah and Ian Hoffman are the parents of a pink boy and a girl whose favorite color is yellow. Sarah writes for national magazines, newspapers, and radio, and speaks publicly about raising her gender-nonconforming son. Ian writes children’s books. They live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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    • 5/5
      Jacob likes to wear dresses sometimes. In the school (kindergarten?) dress-up corner, he imagines himself as the princess. Some other kids accept him just fine, while at least one other kid objects that Boys Can't Wear Dresses. When Jacob wants to wear a dress to school, his parents hesitate, though they accept him. He makes a dress-thing out of towel which he wears over his school clothes-- the other kid steals it. So he asks his mom to help him make a real dress-- and they sew one up together. His dad says "Well, it's not what I would wear, but you look great." Jacob wears his dress to school and stands up to the boy who insists he should be grouped with the girls. "I made this dress, I'm proud of it it, and I'm going to wear it!"This is a great story about acceptance and support., especially as it models how adults can best react and supports kids who are different. Jacob's mom says "There are all sorts of ways to be a boy," which is perfect. Jacob's parents are shown struggling with the decision to let him wear the dress to school (pretty clearly because it is likely to stir things up) and we are told Jacob gets a "can't-breathe feeling" from that-- but they do support him. And Jacob experiences his dress as a kind of "soft, cottony, magic armor" when the other boy teases him.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book, because the little boy was persistent to be comfortable in his own skin and clothing. I also appreciated how the author created a teacher that started out as not understanding, and then by doing a 360. This shows educators about how mindful we need to be for our students, and how we need to be cautious of the things we state. We also need to address bullying, because it is hard to address bullies, however, the main character did a great job at it. I think that also, it is important for students to read this book to understand that no one object is specific to one gender. I will definitely buy this for my classroom.
    • 4/5
      Jacob loves to dress up as the princess during play time at school and is teased for it. Sensitive and reassuring but see Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress for a less didactic treatment of the same subject.
    • 4/5
      Nice "ok for boys to dress in dresses" book. The author does a terrific job introducing tension into the story as Jacob expresses his desire and challenges his parents to support him. It's hard to explain, but that moment (which repeats) in which he says something along the lines of -- you say it's ok to be me, this is me, and starts to get worried is a really effective way of introducing empathy.
    • 4/5
      "There are lots of different ways to be a boy." A surprisingly realistic yet age-appropriate story of a gender-nonconforming boy's desire to wear a dress. It has a wonderful overall message of being true to yourself that is great for all children.Picture bookGrades: PreK - 3Ages: 4-8Lexile Measure: AD400LThemes: childhood & adolescent concerns, gender non-conformity, being yourself

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