tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975909435202379066.post8359926423754994901..comments2023-08-21T12:34:56.778+01:00Comments on 'The Little Wooden Horse': The Snow BearPollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03399800633974908962noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975909435202379066.post-5606376397554454142012-11-14T15:44:09.448+00:002012-11-14T15:44:09.448+00:00Sometime!Sometime!Perogyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01066575445602451389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975909435202379066.post-42866925533899852662012-11-14T12:59:40.083+00:002012-11-14T12:59:40.083+00:00Pleasure- great post- by the time I caught up with...Pleasure- great post- by the time I caught up with it it didn't seem worth commenting as the comment list was already so rich! Great suggestions to follow up on there too as you say.Believe me for every pink princess you're getting fed up with there's a tiresomely rude, school-hating farting-with-superpowers boy that I've had enough of too(with the honourable exception of Horrid Henry who I am a BIG fan of- but then so are the girls I know...)Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399800633974908962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975909435202379066.post-1994080913241807972012-11-14T12:54:45.578+00:002012-11-14T12:54:45.578+00:00That did sound cool. Yes thinking about how the Ja...That did sound cool. Yes thinking about how the Japanese can be round Hello Kitty etc. I can see that gender stereotyping *might* abound... Will you b log about it sometime? ;)Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399800633974908962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975909435202379066.post-48196474061324106482012-11-13T20:15:33.260+00:002012-11-13T20:15:33.260+00:00Thanks for the link! One of the best outcomes of ...Thanks for the link! One of the best outcomes of my blog post has been all the recommendations for non-gender stereotyping books. Now I just need a free evening / some cash for a night on amazon, or a bit more time to browse at the library!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975909435202379066.post-53526235391589179772012-11-13T14:36:05.022+00:002012-11-13T14:36:05.022+00:00What a fantastic take on this. I too have a proble...What a fantastic take on this. I too have a problem with this- although it is much less pronounced in English kidlit than in Japanese!<br /><br />I actually really enjoyed a picture book with an androgynous character that I reviewed recently, called Stuck with the Blooz. I confess that it was difficult to write the review without a pronoun but so refreshing!Perogyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01066575445602451389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975909435202379066.post-79157897495978830792012-11-12T15:04:01.280+00:002012-11-12T15:04:01.280+00:00Thanks Emma- you sound like you were one super-coo...Thanks Emma- you sound like you were one super-cool kid! I agree with all. The best stories and writers will be enjoyed by both girls and boys- but they may have to get past the packaging to discover them! However obviously books aren't packaged and marketed in a vacuum- so one has to acknowledge the fact that overtly 'girly' or 'boysy' covers sell to a public who may be browsing blind...We're our own enemies (as witnessed by the fact that I'd never bothered getting a Holly Webb book for my boys before)<br />Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399800633974908962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975909435202379066.post-7409734347417423382012-11-12T14:45:32.221+00:002012-11-12T14:45:32.221+00:00Hiya Polly, I really enjoyed reading this. Especia...Hiya Polly, I really enjoyed reading this. Especially as I was one of those girls who was obsessed with adventure stories and witches and wizards, making potions, making dens and reading Dennis the Menace.<br />That being said, despite being a bit of a Tom boy I also used to enjoy dressing up, sleepovers and playing with dollhouses, and barbies on occasion.<br /><br />I couldn't (and still can't) stand the pretty in pink overly girly style books that are out there - I'm just not that sort of girl. Not because I don't have a girly side to me, which I most definitely do, but because I didn't want to read a book that was specifically aimed at being a girly book for girls.<br /><br />I very much prefer books that focus on a good story, with fantastic characters where it doesn't really matter if they are a girl or a boy.<br />I think that Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi's Spiderwick Chronicles are great examples of this, as well as Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's young readers books such as 'The Meteorite Spoon' and 'Kasper in the Glitter', which all have strong male and female characters, and are not gender specific. They are about great stories! Which as you say, is the most important thing of all.<br /><br /><br />Thank you for your interesting post :)<br />I look forward to reading more.<br /><br />All the very best,<br />EmmaEmma Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12089056556172817138noreply@blogger.com