![]() Filled with personal anecdotes, memories, and opinions from people of all ages, and featuring original color and black and white photographs, this book is for anyone who understands that we’re all living in a Barbie world. The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie is part biography-both of the doll and of her inventor, Ruth Handler-and part exploration of the cultural phenomenon that is Barbie. When award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone started asking girls, boys, men, and women how they feel about Barbie, the first thing she discovered is how passionate people are about Barbie. And she has unquestionably influenced generations of girls-whether that influence has been positive or negative depends on who you ask. She begins with the history of Mattel, started by self-made businesswoman. She has been played with, studied, celebrated, and vilified for more than fifty years. Sibert Medalist Stone tantalizes with her brief and intriguing survey of Barbie. She’s stepped into the always-fashionable shoes of more than one hundred careers. She’s represented fifty different nationalities. ![]() Foreword by Meg Cabot – Available in Paperbackīarbie just might be the most famous doll in the world. ![]()
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