Episode 46 - 80s Girl Power (The Paper Bag Princess and Alanna: The First Adventure)

Today we're looking at books written in the eighties and aiming to empower girls. First up, we have a listener request: The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko. So good it was endorsed by the National Organisation for women! We've had a couple of ideas for fanfiction already.

Our chapter book is Alanna: The First Adventure by the inimitable Tamora Pierce. Lots of reading aloud from this brilliant book. We talk about the ways it's aged well (and the ways it hasn't so much). A proper sex and relationships education for a girl starting her period (plus magic contraception)? Learning hand to hand fighting from the king of the thieves? Yes please. We also spend some time bemoaning the cover art from the early 2000s edition.

Remember that's the end of the season, but we will be back in a month!

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