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32 pp.
| Bloomsbury |
May, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-1-61963-975-1$16.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-61963-976-8
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The protagonist's self-affirmations proudly declare her limitless potential and varied interests because of (not despite) her being a girl. Even when other characters interject with negative gender stereotypes, or mistake her for a boy because of her interests and habits, our heroine is undeterred. Watercolor paintings enliven the simple, repetitive text in this story about building self-confidence and subverting gender norms.