I found a page at QueerTheory related to gay and lesbian square dancing. It’s got a decent collection of links and a link for Texts: Square Dancing, which leads to an Amazon listing of books related to square dancing.

One of the listings is for Square Dancing (Let’s Dance), written by Mark Thomas for kids ages 4-8, and published in 2000. I got curious about what a book about square dancing for kids would say, so I did a google search on the title and author. I got three hits…and every single one led to the Amazon listing.

However, I persevered, searched without the subtitle, and got a wider variety of hits, including Just for Kids:

Offers consistent print placement, predictable text patterns, strong picture clues and interesting concepts. For ages 4 to 7. 24 pages with photo illustrations. A close-up look at the hard work of dance.

Hard work?!?

I couldn’t find out much more information, except that Mark Thomas has written a bunch of dance-oriented books for kids, none of his books are available in our local library system, and Square Dancing is available in both hard and soft covers.

While looking for stuff about Mark Thomas and square dancing, I came across a 50’s nostalgia site, where they noted:

Cowboy life was definitely in style!
cowboy fashions
square dancing
rodeos
dude ranches
country & western music

and included this graphic:

Look, ma…she’s wearing pants!