SOLVED. Baby is born and parents decide not to assign it a gender so they just call it X. Short story in a book of stories, possibly for children. Read in about 1982. [s]

[Daisy]

I believe it had a whimsical tone. I read it at a friend's house and don't remember anything about the cover or any other stories in the book. Thanks in advance!

[Rainbowheart]

X: A Fabulous Child's Story

[Daisy]

Thank you! So fast!

Any ideas how I can find out what book it might have been in?

[Rainbowheart]

Worldcat says it was pubbed in Stories for Free Children.

[Daisy]

You're a genius, and a speedy one at that. Please mark this solved, and thanks so much.

[Rainbowheart]

Awesome, glad to help out!

[Rosa]

What an interesting story. I just read it in a textbook called This Is The Life!. It was also published in The Forty-Nine Percent Majority: The Male Sex Role, Woman in the Year 2000, Psychology and Personal Growth, and others.

[Daisy]

Thanks, Rosa - if the book Rainbowheart mentioned doesn't seem to be the same one I read as a kid (and I suspect it is), I'll see if it's one of yours.