The first children’s book to feature a transgender child protagonist. Young Bailey dreams of 10,000 beautiful dresses made of crystals, rainbows, flowers, and magical windows. “Boys don’t wear dresses,” her mother, father, and brother each tell her. Bailey replies, “But . . . I don’t feel like a boy,” to which her family responds, “Well, you are one, Bailey, and that’s that.”
It is only after meeting Laurel, an older girl who befriends Bailey over their shared love of dresses, that Bailey is able to see her creations come to life.
A celebration of being true to oneself in the face of obstacles, including an unaccepting family.
