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Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story about Gender and Friendship

Jessica Walton

Errol and Thomas, his teddy bear, are close friends who share everyday activities such as bike rides, tree-house play, and tea parties. Thomas is afraid that their friendship will end if she tells Errol that she is a girl teddy. The book addresses Thomas’s gender identity and transition through the relationship between the child and teddy. Colored-pencil drawings illustrate their friendship.

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Themes
Diversity And Inclusion · Friendship · Identity · Self Acceptance
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Published
May 31, 2016
ISBN-13
9781681192109
Language
English
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