Sometimes the Spoon Runs Away with Another Spoon Coloring Book

by Jacinta Bunnell, Nathaniel Kusinitz (Illustrator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604863291
Publisher:	PM Press
Publication date:	11/15/2010
Series:	Reach and Teach
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	3 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jacinta Bunnell is an artist and writer living in New York’s Hudson Valley where she enjoys makes coloring books for a gender-defiant new world. Jacinta is a rehabilitated and reformed cheerleader who now has pep rallies for all sorts of freaks.

When Nat Kusinitz was in 6th grade he saw a painting of Frida Kahlo with all of her hair chopped off and was never the same again. He currently resides in New Orleans, where he spends his time riding the streetcar around and staring wistfully out of windows.

Read an Excerpt

Sometimes the Spoon Runs Away with Another Spoon

Coloring Book

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By Jacinta Bunnell, Nathaniel Kusinitz

PM Press

Copyright © 2010 Jacinta Bunnell and Nathaniel Kusinitz
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-60486-329-1

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CHAPTER 1

Some beasts like pretty things.

Rafael is the breadwinner in the family.

Prince Charming searched high and low for the owner of the glass slipper ... to find out where to get a pair in his size.

Dinosaurs are a girl's best friend.

Diddle Diddle Dumpling, my son John, Went to bed with a pretty dress on, One shoe off and one shoe on, Diddle Diddle Dumpling, my son John.

Enough war! Tonight Pm going dancing!

For every girl who throws out her E-Z Bake Oven, there is a boy who wishes to find one.

Grumpy hasn't been grumpy ever since he borrowed Snow White's shoes. Now the only problem is what to do about having two Happys in the family.

(Continues...)

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What People are Saying About This

Jennifer Berger

These coloring books are beautiful and visionary. (Jennifer Berger, About-Face)

Editorial Reviews

As moving and funny as Walter the Farting Dog, with pictures you can color however your heart desires, Sometimes the Spoon… is appropriate for children of all ages, especially those who grew up without it.”
—Ayun Halliday, Chief Primatologist of The East Village Inky

“For some people the sky’s the limit. For Jacinta Bunnell it’s a place to put a rainbow. There are no limits in Sometimes the Spoon Runs Away With Another Spoon—just fun and love. Jacinta Bunnell invites you to ‘Step right up!’ to the wonderful world of you!”
—World Famous *BOB*, Ultimate Self Confidence! Coach

From the Publisher

Coloring this would be a very meditative way to remind yourself about self-acceptance and diversity.

Zine World