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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
Teddy loves his barbie! One day her leg breaks off and her mother throws her away!! Thus ensues supermom to save the day.
Yhemes: breaking gender norms, play time, mistakes
Yhemes: breaking gender norms, play time, mistakes
Such a great book and a must recommend. This book shows how far we have come in terms of acceptance in what kind of person you can be and what kind of people your children are and will become. So great.
I may never look at a doll in quite the same way again.
Yas, Queen! This is a lovely picture book that challenges gender norms. It shows Teddy playing with his favorite toy, a doll named Bren-Da, in nontraditional ways. I love how Teddy's view of Bren-Da as parallels the mom's actions later in the book too. Mom's are super heroes, even though her rescuing Bren-Da from the garbage truck was a little unbelievable. It is still cute and a book that I will be sure to recommend to patrons!
I love the diverse toy selection and play styles that are represented. I love the mom-as-superhero. It's Toy Story condensed into a short picture book.
This sparked some great discussions with my kids at home.
This sparked some great discussions with my kids at home.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Lively drawings with a funny and adventorous plot about a boy and his toy doll
Similar to Knuffle Bunny but perhaps a bit less realistic (Mom fishes favorite toy out of garbage truck after what seems to be several hours). Regardless, the realism of the plot is not all that important. This story is easily related to by pre-schoolers who often love to make up stories based on facts or even are not sure what the facts actually are. The facts in this story are that Teddy's favorite toy breaks, he tries to fix it by wrapping it up until it is unrecognizable, Mom throws it away thinking it's trash, Teddy is horrified when he can't find it, Mom rescues it. The best part of this story is that it subverts gender stereotypes without that subversion having anything to do with the plot or the story. Teddy's favorite toy is a doll who gets lots of different hairstyles, wears a variety of creative outfits but usually a poufy-skirted dress, has tea parties, and has fierce warrior skills. Teddy loves his doll, and clearly loves his mother, who seems to have a very similar variety of interests and abilities. Teddy's skin color is not exactly the same as his mother's; the one-legged doll is still fierce and lovable. Great messages delivered in a non-didactic way.
This book is about a boy and his favorite toy! Teddy loves his doll. I loved how this story showed that it’s okay for a little boy to play with a doll. And I was sad when I thought that Teddy’s toy was gone forever!
This was such a cute book, and is great about showing kids that any toy they like is okay regardless of their gender!
This was such a cute book, and is great about showing kids that any toy they like is okay regardless of their gender!