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International Women's Day - Let's Challenge Gender Stereotypes In Children's Literature!
Happy International Women's Day to all my readers, including men, and boys!
I would just like to state that it is my intention to celebrate the strengths of the masculine and the feminine in my books, in a way that acknowledges diversity.
We can deconstruct negative stereotypification of girls in Children's Books, by giving them central, active roles in which they are not always "rescued" and are not always princesses. They take responsibility for making their own destiny, through the decisions they make, and the actions they take.
"Snugs The Snow Bear," Book One of my Modern Children's Series, shows that girls are adventurous, and independent, and that boys may be sensitive, have feelings, and show them, too.
It is only when we stop labelling girls and boys with false images of themselves, that our children will be liberated, to have the freedom to be, discover who they really are, and fulfill their full potential.
I would just like to state that it is my intention to celebrate the strengths of the masculine and the feminine in my books, in a way that acknowledges diversity.
We can deconstruct negative stereotypification of girls in Children's Books, by giving them central, active roles in which they are not always "rescued" and are not always princesses. They take responsibility for making their own destiny, through the decisions they make, and the actions they take.
"Snugs The Snow Bear," Book One of my Modern Children's Series, shows that girls are adventurous, and independent, and that boys may be sensitive, have feelings, and show them, too.
It is only when we stop labelling girls and boys with false images of themselves, that our children will be liberated, to have the freedom to be, discover who they really are, and fulfill their full potential.
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