Introducing Teddy : a gentle story about gender and friendship / Jessica Walton ; illustrated by Dougal MacPherson.

9781681192109 (hardback)
1681192101 (hardback)
9781681192116 (ebook - epub)
9781681192123 (ebook - epdf)

New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.

©2016

English

31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

40027176226

PZ7.1.W364 In 2016

[E]

Errol and his teddy, Thomas, are best friends who do everything together. Whether it's riding a bike, playing in the tree house, having a tea party, or all of the above, every day holds something fun to do. One sunny day, Errol finds that Thomas is sad, even when they are playing in their favorite ways. Errol can't figure out why, until Thomas finally tells Errol what the teddy has been afraid to say: "In my heart, I've always known that I'm a girl teddy, not a boy teddy. I wish my name was Tilly, not Thomas." And Errol says, "I don't care if you're a girl teddy or a boy teddy! What matters is that you are my friend." Introducing Teddy introduces the youngest readers to understanding gender identity and transition in an accessible and heart-warming story about being true to yourself and being a good friend.
Errol's best friend and teddy, Thomas, is sad because he wishes he were a girl, not a boy teddy, but what only matters to both of them is that they are friends.

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