Jacinta Bunnell

[Review originally published on NewPages.com]

The editors put this book together because they are sick of “the idea that there is something wrong, weak, and limited about being a girl or woman.” So they set about making a coloring book for girls that celebrates the limitless possibilities available when buying into stereotypes is replaced by cultivating personal pride in one’s identity and abilities. Full of empowering statements matched with personable drawings ready to be colored in, the book offers a great way to introduce young girls to a way of thinking that embraces equality and individuality. Very well done.… (altro)

The parallel-universe version of the "Dick and Jane" coloring book, Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls is a comic deconstruction of traditional gender roles. This playful, provocative coloring book contains 32 original illustrations guaranteed to give even the most seasoned gender bender a good laugh. Captions like "Calvin, baking is fun and all, but we can make a rad drum set out of these pots and bowls" and "Don't let gender box you in" offer lighthearted, fun ways to rethink gender for both children and adults. Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls makes it OK to step outside the lines.… (altro)