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Item Taking a Journey to The Land of All: Using Children’s Literature to Explore Gender Identity and Expression with Young Children(Occasional Paper Series) Elson, Kerry; Nash, KindelChildren’s literature is a powerful tool that helps shape young children’s understandings of themselves and the world. As such, children’s literature can help young children develop deeper and more nuanced understandings about gender, gender identity, and gender expression. This article shares how teacher Kerry Elson planned and implemented a curriculum with first-grade students that focused on gender identity and expression. In this curriculum, she carefully selected children’s literature to explore gender identity and expression with young children.