roseizstarandbooks's review
5.0
Cute
It's just a cute story really reminding me even if I'm in between I'm just right! And I love that.
It's just a cute story really reminding me even if I'm in between I'm just right! And I love that.
eirenophile's review
1.0
I did not like this book. The illustrations were good, and the rhymes fine, and I should have known before I opened it. The whole idea of this book is that the little girl is perfect because she's got some of her mother's traits and some of her father's. I'm sure that the idea is to build up biracial kids' self-esteem who feel they don't belong anywhere. And yet, the premise totally ignores what actually contributes to these issues. The book pretends to be colorblind in every way but physical traits. The author highlights that Mommy (black) does ballet and Daddy (white) dances to hip-hop. And while it very well may be true of the family of the author, this is NOT a story I would want to pass on.
I think there's a degree to which just being black is not good enough here. It's not the intended point, of course, but that's the problem with pretending like being white and being black are socially the same in the U.S. And erasing cultural differences only makes it worse.
I suspect that many people reading this book would disagree with me. I suspect that there are plenty of others who would read this, see the same problems, and express them much better. But here's my thoughts.
I think there's a degree to which just being black is not good enough here. It's not the intended point, of course, but that's the problem with pretending like being white and being black are socially the same in the U.S. And erasing cultural differences only makes it worse.
I suspect that many people reading this book would disagree with me. I suspect that there are plenty of others who would read this, see the same problems, and express them much better. But here's my thoughts.
wordnerd153's review against another edition
4.0
Endearing voice of a biracial child who knows she’s the perfect blend of her parents.
serena704's review against another edition
5.0
This was a really great book about a little girl with a black mother and a white father. She talked about the different things each parent loves and does. Kudos to the author on making the father the hip hop lover and not going the stereotypical route because black people love many other types of music too. I'll definitely have to read this again to my daughter when she is older.
roseizstarandbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Cute
It's just a cute story really reminding me even if I'm in between I'm just right! And I love that.
It's just a cute story really reminding me even if I'm in between I'm just right! And I love that.
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