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Tilt Your Head, Rosie the Red
Arriving at school, Rosie is dismayed to see the kids on the playground taunting her classmate Fadimata, who is Muslim and wears a headscarf. Rosie comes up with a plan. Rosie has a red cape she likes to wear, so she asks Fadimata if she would turn the cape into a headscarf for her. The other kids in their class don’t want to be left out, so they ask Fadimata to make them headscarves as well. The experience confirms Rosie’s belief that if you tilt your head and look at things differently, you can see the world through someone else’s eyes.
24 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 2015
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October 14, 2015
I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Rosie the Red is a precocious little girl with a big heart. She's got a red cape that she wears everywhere, just because. But this isn't what makes Rosie special. She sees the world in a way most people never think of. So when a little girl is bullied for wearing a hijab, Rosie knows she has to stand up for her.
Rosie's lesson, teaching others to look at the world (and other people) from a different perspective is an important message for children. This book has a beautiful message.
While Rosie's actions change her classmates for the better, I did have to speak to my daughter about the fact that sometimes, things don't happen that way in the real world. Unfortunately, not all people want to see life from other's perspectives and sometimes bullies don't change their ways all that easily. It opened up a wonderful dialogue between us that will hopefully stick with her as she grows older.
With a wonderful message and beautiful artistry, this book is a definite 'yes' for our family.
Rosie the Red is a precocious little girl with a big heart. She's got a red cape that she wears everywhere, just because. But this isn't what makes Rosie special. She sees the world in a way most people never think of. So when a little girl is bullied for wearing a hijab, Rosie knows she has to stand up for her.
Rosie's lesson, teaching others to look at the world (and other people) from a different perspective is an important message for children. This book has a beautiful message.
While Rosie's actions change her classmates for the better, I did have to speak to my daughter about the fact that sometimes, things don't happen that way in the real world. Unfortunately, not all people want to see life from other's perspectives and sometimes bullies don't change their ways all that easily. It opened up a wonderful dialogue between us that will hopefully stick with her as she grows older.
With a wonderful message and beautiful artistry, this book is a definite 'yes' for our family.
August 25, 2015
Rosie has a big heart and tries hard to see everything from the perspectives of others as well as from her own viewpoint. Her caring heart and ability to tilt her head so they can understand others makes her empathetic to the plight of a classmate being teased for wearing a hijab. Rosie decides to befriend Fadimata and turns her own cape into a head scarf to show unity. The brightly-colored illustrations show the friendship shared by the two girls and their delight when other classmates decide to wear their own style of head scarves the next day. This picture book from Canada shows in a gentle way just how much good one person can do, simply by reaching out to another who is lonely or being bullied for some reason.
October 9, 2015
This beautifully illustrated book shows children how important it is to look at things from other perspectives. Rosie loves to wear her red cape everywhere. When she goes to school for the first day of the school year, she sees a circle of boys and girls surrounding the swingset. She goes over to find out what was happening and finds the new girl, Fadimata, being laughed at because she is wearing a hijab. When the bell rings, Rosie and Fadimata walk in together. Rosie comes up with a great idea that works and the others do not make fun of Fadimata anymore. This is a great book to teach young children (ages 4 to 8 is the target) acceptance, putting yourself in someone else's shoes, bullying and tolerance.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
October 29, 2015
Cute book with a lot of realistic and touching themes
June 13, 2017
Nice story for teaching children about accepting diversity.
June 18, 2018
This is a lovely story about how a little girl makes a positive difference for the new girl in her class when she's faced with prejudice. It encourages acceptance.
March 29, 2017
The main themes of the book are eliminating bullying, celebrating diversity, and the responsibilities of friendship. However, as wonderful as those things are, there are deep undertones of a different purpose. Fadimatha is being made fun of at school for wearing a hijab, then Rosie takes her by the hand and walks towards school. Then Rosie hands her cape, which she uses when she pretends to be a super hero, to Fadimata and fashions the cape on Rosie as a hijab. The next day at school Fadimata is very happy because all of the other girls are waiting for Fadimata with scarves so that she can make headscarves (not quite hijabs) for all of them. The illustrators attempt to pass off a headscarf as fashion accessories.
One message of the book is fine, that someone with a difference should not be made fun of or used as an excuse to bully them. But the book goes wrong in that it sends the message that new comers need not try to integrate into society, but rather that society must adjust its customs to the newcomer - and in fact to adopt to the newcomers customs whether they are good or not. And in any society where hijabs are the norm, woman are oppressed and treated as sexual objects, among other things. The Author never goes on to let anyone ask Fadimata why she wears the hijab or asks if she even wants to wear the hijab because that would point out that she is not allowed to not wear it.
The metaphorical equivalence that McCarney makes between the hijab and the cape is a particularly disturbing one. She shows that the cape can be very easily transformed into a hijab in the literal sense, and McCarney seems to suggest that there is no meaningful difference in value between them. But symbolically the hijab and cape are light years apart. The cape tells girls they are empowered individuals who can take on any role they want even those traditionally taken on by boys and men. While the hijab tells girls that they are very different from boys, and that they are destined for a life that is defined principally by their own biology and premodern sexual honor codes. The hijab is the opposite of empowering.
It is clear what the book is. And we don't need it in our Western World.
One message of the book is fine, that someone with a difference should not be made fun of or used as an excuse to bully them. But the book goes wrong in that it sends the message that new comers need not try to integrate into society, but rather that society must adjust its customs to the newcomer - and in fact to adopt to the newcomers customs whether they are good or not. And in any society where hijabs are the norm, woman are oppressed and treated as sexual objects, among other things. The Author never goes on to let anyone ask Fadimata why she wears the hijab or asks if she even wants to wear the hijab because that would point out that she is not allowed to not wear it.
The metaphorical equivalence that McCarney makes between the hijab and the cape is a particularly disturbing one. She shows that the cape can be very easily transformed into a hijab in the literal sense, and McCarney seems to suggest that there is no meaningful difference in value between them. But symbolically the hijab and cape are light years apart. The cape tells girls they are empowered individuals who can take on any role they want even those traditionally taken on by boys and men. While the hijab tells girls that they are very different from boys, and that they are destined for a life that is defined principally by their own biology and premodern sexual honor codes. The hijab is the opposite of empowering.
It is clear what the book is. And we don't need it in our Western World.
April 9, 2017
I was first warned about this book by TheRebel, and needless to say, everything they say about it is true! This book is designed to brainwash your kids into believing all the wrong things! This teaches your kids that instead of having people assimilate into your culture, they're allowed to come to your country and tell you what to do! Liberals think you can no longer bully newcomers into accepting our Freedoms of being exactly the obedient type of non-confrontational immigrant every other immigrant is entitled to be, and instead teaches OUR kids to learn things from other cultures! It's a pattern of Liberal BRAINWASHING perpetrated in all the schools.
For example, last month my daughter told me that she was learning AlJeBra at school, and so I marched into the school and told her Liberal teacher that she was not to teach my daughter any sex-ed let alone any Muslim sex-ed! She said they were teaching all the kids AlJebra and when I objected to their propaganda they called security, and banned me from the school for sticking up for our RIGHTS! And the other week, I freaked out after my daughter told me another girl shared some Falafel with her at lunch. I immediately called my pastor and he told me that she was trying to use her Halal food to convert my daughter into a SECRET Muslim!? He came over and held her down, spraying her with holy water while I force fed her bacon until she threw up the unholy food, soaked with both tears and holy water.
I urge everyone to buy 100 copies of this book and add it to your to-burn pile, and if your local bookstore or Amazon doesn't have 100 copies, preorder 100 copies and send them a MESSAGE!
For example, last month my daughter told me that she was learning AlJeBra at school, and so I marched into the school and told her Liberal teacher that she was not to teach my daughter any sex-ed let alone any Muslim sex-ed! She said they were teaching all the kids AlJebra and when I objected to their propaganda they called security, and banned me from the school for sticking up for our RIGHTS! And the other week, I freaked out after my daughter told me another girl shared some Falafel with her at lunch. I immediately called my pastor and he told me that she was trying to use her Halal food to convert my daughter into a SECRET Muslim!? He came over and held her down, spraying her with holy water while I force fed her bacon until she threw up the unholy food, soaked with both tears and holy water.
I urge everyone to buy 100 copies of this book and add it to your to-burn pile, and if your local bookstore or Amazon doesn't have 100 copies, preorder 100 copies and send them a MESSAGE!
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