My dear pal Tanya Stone's new book is out: The Good, The Bad, and the Barbie. 

1) It is so pretty!

2) Stone won like every possible award in the nonfiction universe last year for Almost Astronauts, so you know she's a quality act

3) My 8 y.o kid read this cover to cover more than once and shared it with her friends. The only nonfiction book she's read voluntarily, unless you count The Secret Life of Mermaids, which I don't. 

4) It's a history of Barbie, plus all the controversies surrounding her.  Arguments both pro and con. 

5) So it seems to me a must-buy for libraries, for kids who play with Barbie, for kids who used to play with Barbie, for book clubs, esp mother-daughter ones.  

It is seriously a fantastic book and I think it will spark all kinds of great conversations.  

xo

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