“Molly's Tuxedo is a joyful and uplifting story about being true to yourself, told through gentle, witty prose and expressive, engaging illustrations. A perfect book for celebrating individual difference and teaching about autonomy and acceptance.'“

― Harry Woodgate, author/illustrator of Stonewall Honor book Grandad's Camper

AWARDS

2024 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Recommended Book

2024 Children’s Book Council K-2 Teacher Favorites Awards Top Ten selection

2024 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Finalist - Atlantic Division

2025 Chickadee Award Finalist, Maine’s Children’s Choice Award

2025 Three Stars Book Award Nominee, DC’s Student’s Choice Award

MOLLY’S TUXEDO

Written by Vicki Johnson - Published by Little Bee Books

This project has been the one closest to my heart so far. As soon as I read this manuscript I fell in love with Molly and her feelings of not fitting in with her mother’s expectations. Molly’s Tuxedo really pushed my illustration skills to capture subtle but heavy emotion and relationships between characters.

This book was illustrated using traditional pencil line work and digital colour in Adobe Photoshop.