![]() The illustrations in Pink, Blue, and You! Questions for Kids About Gender Stereotypes show adults and children of a variety of skin tones, ages, dress, ability, and family groupings. Her interest is obviously long-standing and not purely commercial. Gravel’s sense of humour is evident in the dinosaur illustration with the speech bubble, “When I become extinct, I want to be a toy for BOYS!” Gravel’s website provides free use of some e-books on equity issues. “Are some for girls? Are some for boys? Are some for everyone?” There are no answers given, but the following pages ask the reader to dig deeper, questioning, “Who made these rules?”, “Do we need to follow them?”, “What happens if we don’t want to?” ![]() The book opens with a double-page spread of simple illustrations asking the reader three questions. The subtitle of this book, Questions for Kids About Gender Stereotypes, is worth noting. The dust jacket on the hard covered copy I reviewed reverses to be a poster proclaiming, “BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE!”, a nice bonus and a clear reinforcement of the theme of this book. ![]() Pink, Blue, and You! Questions for Kids About Gender Stereotypes tackles an important topic in a straightforward nonthreatening manner.Īuthor/illustrator Elise Gravel collaborated with Mykaell Blais to create a resource for teachers, parents, and caregivers of young children to open the door to a discussion of gender stereotypes with an emphasis on affirming everyone’s right to be themselves. ![]()
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