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Jacob’s New Dress is at the Printer!

September 13, 2013 by Sarah

We are completely and utterly thrilled that our book, Jacob’s New Dress, is now available for preorder on Amazon. My husband Ian and I are over the moon about having this book, which we envisioned so many years ago, finally come into being. The photo above gives you a sense of the lovely illustrations by Chris Case, who we think did a great job of capturing the spirit, emotion, and life of the book.

Jacob’s New Dress will be out on March 1. We hope to have approximately one zillion preorders by then, so we can show bookstores that this is a book worth stocking. Some of you who saw my post on Facebook have already preordered and for that we love and thank you so very much. But most of all, all the Jacobs of the world love and thank you so very much, for helping to educate the world about them, and for helping to keep them safe and happy in all their sparkly glory.

If you have a comment or word of encouragement for us and you’re reading this post by email, please click on the title of the post and it will take you to my website where you can leave us a note. I love your emails but am not able to get to all of them! For my web readers, please just comment below. Thank you!

And we simply cannot wait to hear what you think of the book.

Love,

Sarah

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Pink Boys: The Film

June 19, 2013 by Sarah

There’s a new film in the works that I think you may be interested in–and in which some of you may even want to participate.

Documentary filmmaker Eric Rockey, who teaches in the Documentary Studies program at The New School, is working on a film about gender-nonconforming boys and their parents. Eric is looking for families to participate in the film. If you’re interested, contact Eric at info@pinkboysfilm.com. You can find more information–and “like” the film’s facebook page!–at http://facebook.com/pinkboysfilm.

Eric came to me via Ruth Padawer, author of “What’s So Bad About a Boy Who Wants to Wear a Dress?“, the New York Times Magazine article about gender-nonconforming kids. Ruth has been fabulous at connecting those of us working toward gender equality for kids, and I love her for her activism, passion, and caring.

In more (old–my apologies) news, I hope you’ve had a chance to read “About a Boy,” the New Yorker article by Margaret Talbot about gender-nonconforming kids. My husband Ian and I think Margaret did a great job of exploring the range of people who have different gender expression, and we were honored to have been part of the article. We’re curious to know what you think. A portion of the article is online here. Unfortunately the part we’re in isn’t in the excerpt, but I will post the whole thing online if I can figure out how not to be a copyright infringer (your advice welcome).

 

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Jacob’s New Dress

June 14, 2013 by Sarah

To my dear, dear readers,

Today’s exciting news is….WE SOLD A BOOK!!! My husband Ian and I have been working on a children’s picture book for years, and we just joyfully sold it to Albert Whitman & Company, a hundred-year-old publisher of children’s books focusing on issues such as multiculturalism, disability, and alternative families. Jacob’s New Dress is scheduled for publication in spring of 2014. I’ll let you know when it’s on bookstore shelves!
 
I’ve been awful about keeping up with this blog (not to mention how I’ve slacked off on facebook and twitter….and I literally can’t even get IN to my email account right now, so many apologies to those of you who have written), but I think of you often. There is much more I want to tell you but if I tell it all to you now I can’t be sure I’ll ever write another blog post….so that’s it for now. Thanks for reading.

Love,
Sarah

 
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