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Stone, Tanya Lee

The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us

126 pp. | Viking | October, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-670-01187-2 $19.99
(2) YA Stone's evenhanded, eye-opening cultural history, quoting a myriad of sources, reveals the devotion and loathing generated by Barbie. With help from black-and-white and color photos, Stone fleshes out her subject's history, from the persistent outcry over Barbie's impossibly "perfect" dimensions to the ways, some more successful than others, that Mattel has updated her over the years. An author's note is appended. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2010

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