From: Kathleen T.Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 19:25:29 -0500

Julie made the observation that we seemed to have a princess theme going. I'd like to carry it one step further and ask: Does every picture book about a girl who doesn't conform to traditional gender roles deal with a princess? Has "princess" become our definition of femininity? Is that what we expect traditional girls to aspire to, and no traditional girls to rebel against? What about girls who just don't like to play with dolls or jump rope (two activ= ities that bored me as a child)?

I can think of 35-40 year old picture books from feminist presses such as A Train for Jane and In Christina's Toolbox, but are there any modern equivalents?

--KT






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