Molly's Tuxedo
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
Molly wants to look her best for picture day at her school, and what looks better than a tux?
Molly's school picture day is coming up, and she wants to have a perfect portrait taken to hang on their wall. Her mom has picked out a nice dress for her, but Molly knows from experience that dresses are trouble. They have tight places and hard-to-reach zippers, and worst of all, no pockets! Luckily, she has the perfect thing to save picture day--her brother's old tuxedo!
But mom doesn't want her to wear a tuxedo in the photo; she thinks Molly looks best in the dress. Can Molly find the courage to follow her heart and get her mom to realize just how awesome she'd look in a tux? This book highlights a gender nonconforming main character and is published in partnership with GLAAD to accelerate LGBTQ inclusivity and acceptance.
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As Molly, portrayed with pink skin and red hair, heads into her first picture day as a kindergartner, she wants an "update" for the family photo wall. But the child knows that "dresses were trouble," and is horrified when her mother picks one "with a weird, annoying collar" and "fluffy, puffy parts." Instead, she wants to wear her brother's old tuxedo: "Dashing. Comfortable. Plenty of pockets," Johnson writes. Reid's scribbly art style shows Molly experiencing her mom's and others' expectations ("I didn't think girls could wear tuxedos," a classmate says), her racially diverse friend group's support, and her relieved reaction to her parent's sudden change of heart: "You decide what you want to wear, okay?" Starring a protagonist facing outward pressure to conform to binary gender norms, this picture book about self-expression foregrounds the self-knowledge involved in feeling one's best and looking "like you." Ages 4–8.
