veganemelda's review
2.0
So, any excuse to use what little Spanish I absorbed as a child I try to take. And I totally throw a Three Kings' Day party every year, so I grabbed this book quickly. This should have been a great way to start a conversation about how people celebrate Christmas different ways (and talk about Puerto Rico!). But I wouldn't read it to my kids because of one reason: the object of affection is this super white, blonde haired, and blue eyed baby doll and I'm super bothered by the white euro-centric standard of beauty going on here. It may be a true story, but can't we change the (beautiful) illustrations a bit? Tweak the story? Kids learn to worship beauty standards through media like this, and black/brown/non-white dolls are just as worthy of affections.
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