By Sarah Hoffman, Ian Hoffman
A boy who loves to play dress-up wants to wear a dress to school, and his parents help him find the courage.
Jacob loves playing dress-up, and when he plays with his friend Emily he'd rather be the princess than the knight. Some boys at school say boys can't wear dresses, and the teasing stings. At home, his mom helps him make a dress of his own, and his dad, who admits it's not what he'd wear, tells him he looks great. The next day Jacob wears it to school, and when a classmate needles him again, Jacob stands his ground: he made this dress, he's proud of it, and he's wearing it.
It's an early, plainspoken one on this subject, and its strength is that Jacob's parents aren't perfect-storybook about it, his dad is honestly a little unsure and loves him anyway, which reads true. The story keeps its eyes on courage: a child deciding to be himself even after being teased. It's simple enough for a preschooler and it gives a nervous child a line to borrow.