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mirichasha 's review for:
The Pronoun Book
by Cassandra Jules Corrigan
informative
lighthearted
This is a sweet, pretty simple book about pronouns. I'm glad it exists and think it does its job pretty well! I liked the diversity of people shown in the book's illustrations.
I didn't love the reliance on the word "identifies" as that feels more like a mircoaggression than a correct word describing one's gender. I wasn't always sure that the language or presentation was that well targeted for very young audiences as the book seems to be meant for. It seemed to be trying to focus on gender identity, intersex experience, and pronouns in a very short picture book and I think it might have missed its mark on meeting all three needs - at one point it kind of seemed like it was implying that intersex people were the main people using neo-pronouns, but it moved away from that idea later on. It also didn't really explain what a pronoun IS in the actual grammar sense, which even as it's meant for young kids would probably be helpful... I did like and appreciate the note in the back for parents/adults as well as the resources available there. All in all, a cute, to-the-point and helpful book, there's just some language I would have chosen differently.
Thank you to NetGalley and Jessica Kingsley Publishers for the ARC!
I didn't love the reliance on the word "identifies" as that feels more like a mircoaggression than a correct word describing one's gender. I wasn't always sure that the language or presentation was that well targeted for very young audiences as the book seems to be meant for. It seemed to be trying to focus on gender identity, intersex experience, and pronouns in a very short picture book and I think it might have missed its mark on meeting all three needs - at one point it kind of seemed like it was implying that intersex people were the main people using neo-pronouns, but it moved away from that idea later on. It also didn't really explain what a pronoun IS in the actual grammar sense, which even as it's meant for young kids would probably be helpful... I did like and appreciate the note in the back for parents/adults as well as the resources available there. All in all, a cute, to-the-point and helpful book, there's just some language I would have chosen differently.
Thank you to NetGalley and Jessica Kingsley Publishers for the ARC!