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Girls Are Not Chicks Coloring Book (Reach and Teach)

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This is a smart, thoughtful, and fun book for girls aged 4 -8. I bought it for my niece and she loved it. Hopefully girls of her generation will grow up without experiencing the misogyny of previous generations. A book like this will help to ensure that. For girls older than 8 I recommend Dolltopia by Abby Denson. It takes the concept to the next level, and it's just as smart, thoughtful, and fun!

The title and intent looked fun and creative, but what a dreary exercise in feminist consciousness raising is inside. Do the authors have any sense of what draws a child's eye or child's ear? Where is our wiccan Dr. Scarry? Our feminist Dr. Seuss?? Certainly not here.

Instead we get unappealing, small, non-coloring-friendly illustrations with such catchy child-appealing jingles like "'high heels and handbags cloning project' got you down?" (huh??) Not catchy enough? Try "Underneath all the fancy clothing, Sophia found an enthusiastic love her own body." Or that 4-year-old-crowd-pleaser, "when she stopped chasing the dangling carrot of conventional femininity she was finally able to savor being a woman."

Now there isn't anything wrong with the intent here, but I challenge anyone to give me one example of a child that had FUN with this book.

The plus side: the book is slightly more appealing than Girls Will Be Boys will be Girls...

Pink boys and tough girls deserve better!!