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I'm supposed to be made of sugar and spice and all things nice. But I'm sweet and sour and not a little flower. I am a girl! I am a girl! I am a girl! Boys are MESSY, boys are NOISY, boys are FAST! But what about when girls want to be MESSY or NOISY or FAST? Girls can wear shorts and get their clothes grubby, they can eat messily and shout loudly. Boys can play with dolls and be shy and quiet. I am a Girl! is a wonderful celebration of being who we are, celebrating our differences and not letting gender stereotypes define us. Funny, charming and energetic, this is an unmissable picture book about exploring your identity, not being confined by gender rules and being who YOU want to be.
I'm supposed to be made of sugar and spice and all things nice. But I'm sweet and sour and not a little flower. I am a girl! I am a girl! I am a girl! Boys are MESSY, boys are NOISY, boys are FAST! But what about when girls want to be MESSY or NOISY or FAST? Girls can wear shorts and get their clothes grubby, they can eat messily and shout loudly. Boys can play with dolls and be shy and quiet. I am a Girl! is a wonderful celebration of being who we are, celebrating our differences and not letting gender stereotypes define us. Funny, charming and energetic, this is an unmissable picture book about exploring your identity, not being confined by gender rules and being who YOU want to be.
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Due to publisher restrictions the library cannot purchase additional copies of this title, and we apologize if there is a long waiting list. Be sure to check for other copies, because there may be other editions available.
About the Author-
Yasmeen Ismail is an award-winning illustrator and animator who has a love of inks, paints and watercolours. Time For Bed, Fred! is her debut picture book. Originally from Ireland, Yasmeen now lives in London. http://www.yasmeenismail.co.uk/ @YasmeenMay
Reviews-
February 22, 2016 Who says that everything fun, fast, messy, noisy, and competitive is the domain of boys? A young rabbit is flabbergasted and furious that when she acts true to herself, she is consistently mistaken for a boy. She strips down to her underpants and impulsively jumps into a pool—a scene Ismail (Specs for Rex) depicts with a marvelous amalgam of devil-may-care splatters and splotches—and a grown-up on a lounge chair shouts, “Hey! Watch out, young man!” She pulls ahead in a footrace, and a bystander says, “Mommy, look. He’s going to win.” “I’m a girl! I’m a girl... I’m a girl!” the rabbit says in a refrain, a sentiment made all the more resounding by bold, hand-drawn typography. By story’s end, she has met a comrade in arms: a lion who is equally eager to define boyhood on his own terms. “Being us is super!” they shout. “We’re us!” Ismail acknowledges that boys face social pressures of their own, but this is a girl’s story, and Ismail’s exuberant watercolors beautifully capture her heroine’s energy and doughty spirit. Ages 3–6. Agent: Vicki Willden-Lebrecht, Bright Literary Agency.
Kirkus Reviews
A rallying cry to be enthusiastically true to oneself.
Imogen Russell Williams, The Guardian
There's no better rallying cry for girls ... a challenge to every instant playground assumption that a blue-clad, rambunctious speed demon must be a boy. With her repeated, crescendo-ing assertion: "I'm a girl! I'm a GIRL! I'M A GIRL!", Ismail exactly captures the wrong-footing frustration felt by girls who don't fit the princess mould, as well as the pride they take in their strong, swift bodies
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