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Available
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Collections
Publication
Running Press Kids (2018), Edition: Illustrated, 40 pages
Description
A celebration of how colors are for everyone depicts characters engaging in their favorite activities.
User reviews
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
One of a new crop of picture-books attempting to dismantle rigidly gendered ideas about childhood play and identity - others titles include: Afsaneh Moradian's Jamie Is Jamie: A Book About Being Yourself and Playing Your Way, Airlie Anderson's Neither, and Sarah and Ian Hoffman's Jacob's New Dress
Although I appreciate the intention behind this one, agree with the idea that anyone can love pink (or blue!), and enjoyed the artwork by illustrator Eda Kaban, somehow Pink Is for Boys just wasn't as enjoyable for me as I would have liked it to be. Author Robb Pearlman's heart is clearly in the right place, but his text itself felt clunky, and sometimes a little random, like impressions strung together in a not-so-interesting way. Tastes vary of course, and I see that many other online reviewers loved this one. For my part, I'd recommend the Moradian or Hoffman titles (mentioned above) before this one, unless the reader is looking specifically for a story deconstructing the gendered use of pink and blue.
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- Pink Is for Boys pairs a simple, sing-song text highlighting the idea that various colors are for everyone, with artwork that is itself vibrantly colorful...Although I appreciate the intention behind this one, agree with the idea that anyone can love pink (or blue!), and enjoyed the artwork by illustrator Eda Kaban, somehow Pink Is for Boys just wasn't as enjoyable for me as I would have liked it to be. Author Robb Pearlman's heart is clearly in the right place, but his text itself felt clunky, and sometimes a little random, like impressions strung together in a not-so-interesting way. Tastes vary of course, and I see that many other online reviewers loved this one. For my part, I'd recommend the Moradian or Hoffman titles (mentioned above) before this one, unless the reader is looking specifically for a story deconstructing the gendered use of pink and blue.
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LibraryThing member eo206
This book attempts to bust gender norms for young children which is good. I wish it didn't reinforce the gender-binary of just boys and girls.
LibraryThing member LibrarianRyan
This book is simple but perfect. It gives each color and that it is for boys and girls, or for girls and boys. It’s also for something you see in society. Things like brown is for teddy bears and green is for glass. This book makes sure to say that all colors are for everyone, and that pink is
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not just a girl’s color and blues is not just a boys colors. Colors are for everyone. An important lesson for the modern US society. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2018
Physical description
40 p.; 9.65 inches
ISBN
0762462477 / 9780762462476
Other editions
Pink Is for Boys by Robb Pearlman (Hardcover)