Feminist Lit for Kids

If you have daughters and ever feel concern over sexist stereotypes reinforced in their reading, here is news you can use, by way of Kids Lit:

The Amelia Bloomer Project has announced a 2005 List of Recommended Feminist Books for Kids. 

In an increasingly conservative U.S. political climate, quality books exhibiting feminist viewpoints and ideals--especially books for children and young adults--are becoming difficult to find.The Amelia Bloomer Project of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association examined hundreds of titles written for kids birth to age 18 and selected a list of 30 titles published between July 2003 and December 2004. 

The criteria used by the Amelia Bloomer Project in selecting books for the list include:            

• Significant feminist content            
• Excellence in writing            
• Appealing format            
• Age appropriateness for young readers.

And in case you are curious about Amelia Bloomer herself...