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Originally posted on Jo's Scribbles.
Introducing Teddy is a story about friendship, acceptance and being true to yourself. Errol and Thomas the Teddy have always been friends, but when Thomas the Teddy gets sad, Errol wants to help, though Thomas is worried that Errol won't want to be friends anymore. Errol promises to always be friends, and Thomas reveals that he is in fact a girl teddy, and wants t be herself and for her name to be Tilly. Author Jessica Walton wrote this book to explain to her son why her father transitioned to the woman she always was. With books like Introducing Teddy, it's never too early to introduce children to different gender identities.
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