The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie by Tanya Lee Stone

This is a how-to manual about being a girl.'-Lauren Myracle, New York Times bestselling author * 'Source notes, a bibliography, and lots of images, including an inset of color photos, add to an offering that pleases and intrigues. Featuring original color and black-and-white photographs, this book is for everyone who understands that we’re all living in a Barbie world. Almost Astronauts, The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie, and Courage Has No. Acclaimed nonfiction author Tanya Lee Stone takes an unbiased look at how Barbie became the icon that she is. Part biography-both of the doll and of her inventor, Ruth Handler-and part exploration of the cultural phenomenon that is Barbie, The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie is filled with personal anecdotes, memories, and opinions from people of all ages. Tanya Lee Stone is best known for telling little-known or unknown stories of. And she has unquestionably influenced generations of girls-whether that influence has been positive or negative depends on whom you ask. She has been played with, studied, celebrated, and criticized for more than fifty years. She writes middle grades/young adult narrative nonfiction such as Girl Rising, Almost Astronauts, The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie, and Courage Has No Color, and nonfiction picture books such as Elizabeth Leads the Way, Sandys Circus, Who Says Women Cant Be Doctors and The House that Jane Built. She’s stepped into the always-fashionable shoes of more than one hundred twenty careers. She has represented fifty different nationalities. Lockhart, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars Barbie just might be the most famous doll in the world. 'Balanced, funny, provocative-and most of all, important for anyone wanting to understand girlhood in America.'-E.

The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie by Tanya Lee Stone