Cootie Shots

 Cootie Shots: Theatrical Inoculations Against Bigotry for Kids, Parents, and Teachers: Plays, Poems, and Songs Edited by Norma Bowles with Mark E. Rosenthal
2000
Weight: 1.9 lbs
Method of Disposal: Donating

I am not an educator, and I do not work with children.  I am confident that I would not be the best person to review this book.  What I do like, is having helpful conversations with kids about race, ability, sexuality, gender, consent, age, and culture instead of acting like every person is the same and that you need to see no differences.  This way of thinking hinders children, as they exist in a world where racism, sexism, ableism, etc DOES exist and then they do not have the words or comfort level to further explore and understand this.  If we do not have the language, we cannot learn and progress.

This book offers playful ways to get children talking and learning about diversity.  You know it is going to be good when one reviewer claims it will cause gender confusion in children and encourage cross-dressing!  Mostly this book receives 5 star reviews, and it looks like that particular reviewer was never inoculated.  Do you see what can happen?