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Reviewed on May 1, 2016 | Picture Books
PreS-Gr 1—A wrongheaded picture book attempts to celebrate "girl power" and the rejection of traditional gender roles but ends up perpetuating stereotypes. A blue watercolor donkey careens through the pages, speeding, spilling food, banging drums, and barging into others. Every energetic, loud, or careless action prompts a witness to mistake her for a boy, but she proudly responds, "I'm a girl!" each time, usually more than once. While the narratio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
The protagonist's self-affirmations proudly declare her limitless potential and varied interests because of (not despite) her being a girl. Ev...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
