Jacob's New Dress

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 boys who don t identify with traditional gender roles. New Read Jacob's New Dress author Sarah Hoffman For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Jacob doesn t understand why he can t wear a dress to school Boys don t wear dresses, one of the other boys tells him But his mom, his teacher, and his friend Emily support his efforts to find the perfect dress to wear to school.This book is a perfect book whether you know a pink boy the male equivalent of a tom boy or not My eleven year old daughter read it over my shoulder and wondered out loud why you wouldn t want to be different from everyone else Different is fun, she says.I Jacob doesn t understand why he can t wear a dress to school Boys don t wear dresses, one of the other boys tells him But his mom, his teacher, and h...This book handles gender nonconformity beautifully While the parents are OK with Jacob wearing dresses inside the house, they have issues with him expressing his feminine side in school When confronted by a bully about why he s not wearing armor like a knight and instead is wearing a princess garb, his teacher tries to guide Jacob tomanly costumes Jacob refuses and the teacher does not pressure Later on, when Jacob s parents acquiesce, the teacher explain to the ...Excellent book about a boy who likes to wear dresses and what happens when he wears them to preschool Includes a bully, a friend, a teacher with kind words, and parents trying to understand and help their gender non conforming child All in a small, well illustrated picture bookIt is Banned Books Week, and I am reading Challenged Banned books This is the fifth book for this week.This book was banned challenged in various libraries for various reasons because heaven s forbid a boy wears a dress I did like the book, well ish I just couldn t like Jacob I mostly found him annoying, pushy, and only a bit ...I find this disturbing almost as disturbing as that Princess Boy book, which was muchblatant I believe in loving and supporting your child for whomever they are, but I also believe that moral boundaries should be set in life Call me old fashioned I believe that boys should be boys girls should be girls I will not force my daughter to love pink or only play with girl toys, but neither if I had a boy would I encourage him to grow his hair long or dress in clothes of the I find this disturbing almost as disturbing as that Princess Boy book, which was muchblatant I believe in loving and supporting your child for whomever they are, but I also believe that moral boundaries should be set in life Call me old fashioned I beli...100% terrific.It took long enough, but I finally found a good book that talks about this subject It s really difficult to find There are otherwell known books out there, like Sparkle Boy and Princess Boy They re not bad, but to me, Jacob s New Dress is what those books were trying to be, and not quite reaching.There s a little boy named Jacob He s in preschool, or kindergarten, somewhere around that age At school, he goes to the dress up corner with his friend Emily They both 100% terrific.It took long enough, but I finally found a good book that talks about this subject It s really difficult to find There are otherwell known books out there, like Sparkle Boy and Princess Boy They re not bad, but to me, Jacob s New Dress is what those books were trying to be, and not quite reaching.There s a little boy named Jacob He s in preschool, or kindergarten, somewhere around that age At school, he goes to the dress up corner with his friend Emily They both dress up in dresses Jacob gets the princess crown first and says he s going to be the princess Another little boy named Christopher says, Jacob, why do you always wear the girl clothes Put on the knight armor That s what the boy wears Emily responds, Christopher, stop telling us what to do The teacher comes over, and Christopher complains about Jacob wearing girl clothes, and the teacher says, The dress up corner is where we come to use our ima...Age Kindergarten 3rd gradeLGBTQ Gender nonconforming Although it has elements of bibliotherapy for adults, this picture book for pink boys the male equivalent of a tomboy is an essential addition to any collection for its head on approach to a gender nonconforming boy Jacob loves wearing dresses and receives support from a good friend, his parents, and his teacher But there is one boy in class that just can t get over a boy wearing a dress, constantly challenging Jacob and teasing him The Age Kindergarten 3rd gradeLGBTQ Gender nonconforming Although it has elements of bibliotherapy for adults, this picture book for pink boys the male equivalent of a tomboy is an essential addition to any collection for its head on approach to a gender nonconforming boy Jacob loves wearing dresses and receives support from a good friend, his parents, and his teacher ...This one is pretty good I love the idea, of course, and I think it s a wonderful thing to reiterate that there are lots of different ways to be a boy or a girl or neither, for that matter, though non binary possibilities are...Though this book will rub some people the wrong way, it s about acceptance Children need unconditional love and to express themselves in ways are sometimes uncomfortable for others I appreciate that one boy at school doesn t accept Jacob, be...Jacob is a young boy with a variety of interests and tastes, amongst which is a fondness for dresses Despite the teasing of his classmate Christopher, he persists in his desire to be the princess at dress up time, and asks his mother if he can have a dress to wear to school After her initial resistance, Jacob s mother helps him make the desired garment, and he proudly wears it to school Wh...

• English
• 22 June 2018
Sarah Hoffman
• Hardcover
• 32 pages
• 0807563730
• Sarah Hoffman
• Jacob's New Dress