From: Gale, Jessalynn <GaleJ_at_milwaukieoregon.gov>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:30:00 +0000

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I recently read Mem Fox's fun new picture book, Good Night, Sleep Tight and thought that the fact that the babysitter is a boy was a great addition. I t's not the focus of the story, it just is. Plus, "Skinny Doug" does a grea t bedtime routine.

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From: Elsa Marston
 Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 8:44 PM To: ccbc-net_at_ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject:
 Gender Roles and Picture Books

Lynn Rutan mentioned men in non-traditional roles, such as nursing. I stro ngly concur--a wonderful subject for books for young people, and not just p icture books.! I spent some time in hospital this winter and was so impres sed by the male nurses. Elsa Marston www.elsamarston.com
Received on Mon 12 Aug 2013 06:30:00 PM CDT