Sometimes the Spoon Runs Away with Another Spoon: Coloring Book

Authors

Jacinta Bunnell

Illustrator

Nat Kusinitz

Publisher

PM Press

Publication Year

2010

ISBN

9781604863291

Pages

32 pages

Genre

fairy tale

Format

coloring book

Item Type

Fiction

Annotation

Re-creating nursery rhymes and fairy tales, this radical activity book takes anecodotes from the lives of real kids and mixes them with classic tales to create true-to-life characters, situations, and resolutions.

Grade Level

PK-1; K-3

Diversity Topics

LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gender nonconformity; Gay/Lesbian; Androgyny; gender identity; gender expression; gender roles; gay; lesbian; gender fluid

Main Character

none

Race/Ethnicities

multiple

Family Formation

none

LGBTQ+

female/female; male/male

Keywords

fairy tales; defying disempowering gender categorizations; sensitive boys; tough girls

Diversity Impact

direct

STARS Citation

Bunnell, Jacinta, "Sometimes the Spoon Runs Away with Another Spoon: Coloring Book" (2010). Diverse Families. 1243.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1243