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Albee Riley Reynolds CRUSHES COSTUME DAY UNCORRECTED PROOF—NOT FOR SALE August 2022CRuSHES COSTUME DAY created by JAY AlbeEPublished by Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 1710 Roe Crest Drive, North Mankato, Minnesota 56003 capstonepub.com Copyright © 2022 by Jay Albee All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on the Library of Congress website ISBN: 9781666344042 (hardcover) ISBN: 9781666344080 (paperback) ISBN: 9781666344127 (ebook PDF) Summary: Riley and their friends craft hard for Dress Like Your Favorite Character Day. Paper-mache! Paint! Glitter! The best group costume ever! When everyone at school asks Riley for costume advice, they discover that the key to being a costume visionary is active listening and a big imagination. Special thanks to Manu Shadow Velasco for their consultation. Designed by Nathan GassmanTable of Contents Chapter 1 Mondays, Amiright? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Chapter 2 A Brilliant Costume Idea Will Come . . . Any Second Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Chapter 3 Big Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Chapter 4 One for All and All for One, but with Dragons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Chapter 5 Crafting Is Serious Business . . . . . . .38 Chapter 6 Riley Reynolds, Costume Visionary . .44 Chapter 7 And Then it Was Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . .52i’m Riley! I love so many things! I love crafting. The only thing better than making messes is making cool stuff. I love my parents, my cousins, and my friends. I love dogs and cats . . . and birds and fish . . . and dragons and unicorns and all animals! I’m nonbinary, and I love that too. I don’t have to be a boy or a girl. I can just be me!Mx . Aude Teaches Helpful Terms Cisgender: Cisgender (or cis) people identify with the gender written on their birth certificate. They are usually boys or girls. Gender identity: Regardless of the gender written on a person’s birth certificate, they decide their gender identity. It might change over time. A person’s interests, clothes, and behavior might be traditionally associated with their gender identity, or they might not. Honorific: Young people use honorifics when they talk to or about adults, especially teachers. Mr. is the honorific for a man, Mrs. or Ms. for a woman, and Mx. is the gender-neutral honorific often used for nonbinary people. It is pronounced “mix.” Nonbinary people may also use Mr., Mrs., or Ms. as well. LGBTQ+: This stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual (also pansexual), transgender, queer. There are lots of ways people can describe their gender. These are just a few of those ways. The + sign means that there are many, many more, and they are all included in the acronym LGBTQ+. Nonbinary: Nonbinary people have a gender identity other than boy or girl. They may be neither, both, a combination, or sometimes one and sometimes the other. Pronouns: Pronouns are how people refer to themselves and others (she/her, they/them, he/him, etc.). Pronouns often line up with gender identity (especially for cis people), but not always. It’s best to ask a person what pronouns they like to use. Queer: An umbrella term for people who identify as LGBTQ+. Transgender: Transgender (or trans) people do not identify with the gender listed on their birth certificate. They might identify as the other binary gender, both genders, or another gender identity. Next >