Synopses & Reviews
Re-creating nursery rhymes and fairy tales, this radical activity book takes anecdotes from the lives of real kids and mixes them with classic tales to create true-to-life characters, situations, and resolutions. Featuring massive beasts who enjoy dainty, pretty jewelry and princesses who build rocket ships, this fun-for-all-ages coloring book celebrates those who do not fit into disempowering gender categorizations, from sensitive boys to tough girls.
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"These coloring books are beautiful and visionary." Jennifer Berger, About-Face
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"Coloring this would be a very meditative way to remind yourself about self-acceptance and diversity." Zine World
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"This coloring book takes aim at gender stereotypes and turns them on their heads. Recommended." www.glbtrt.ala.org
Synopsis
We have the power to change fairy tales and nursery rhymes so that these stories are more realistic. In Sometimes the Spoon Runs Away With Another Spoon you will find anecdotes of real kids' lives and true-to-life fairy tale characters. This book pushes us beyond rigid gender expectations while we color fantastic beasts who like pretty jewelry and princesses who build rocket ships.
Celebrate sensitive boys, tough girls, and others who do not fit into a disempowering gender categorization.
Sometimes the Spoon...aids the work of dismantling the Princess Industrial Complex by moving us forward with more honest representations of our children and ourselves. Color to your heart's content. Laugh along with the characters. Write your own fairy tales. Share your own truths.
About the Author
Jacinta Bunnell is an artist and writer who promotes a gender-defiant new world. She is the author of Girls Are Not Chicks Coloring Book and Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls. She lives in Hudson Valley, New York. Nat Kusinitz is an artist who lives in New Orleans.