A friend shared this picture from the 'Miss Representation' campaign facebook page.
www.facebook.com/MissRepresentationCampaign#!/photo.php?fbid=510678268975603&set=a.188136457896454.39667.139087179468049&type=1&theater
The 'How to be Gorgeous' book is illustrated with a girl on the cover, and the 'How to be Clever' book has a boy on the cover. So far so irritating. But what amazes me is the comments on the Facebook page of people saying, 'It might look sexist but it isn't really, it's just that the books are placed next to each other' 'People won't necessarily associate the picture of the boy with the idea that being clever is a boy's thing', etc. How do we still have to have these conversations? What's more, the books are published by Scholastic, a publisher that most people will associate with 'award winning children's books and educational resources' (their website). Does anyone know whether there has been any previous discussion of these books among the 'laptop wielding harpies' of Mumsnet? (I didn't spot anything when I did a search, but...)