*plots to steal one of her sister's excess plaid shirts to create cuffs for her jeans because YES*
I love this kid's parents. Sometimes it's way harder than it needs to be for adults to acknowledge that other adults MIGHT BE WRONG, and that they are so unequivocally on Jackie's side makes me want to hug them.
Also, since I undoubtedly had a pair of corduroy plaid overalls in the late seventies when I was a Little, I have zero idea what world that teacher came from. By the end of the 70's, at least in my class, more girls wore overalls than boys.
I wore overalls a ton, too (born in '77, so early '80s for school). This pubbed in 1974, so it would have been written and illustrated at least a year before that, right? Either way, just think: Two years later, Dorothy Hamill's little sassy haircut would take the world by storm and Jackie would have felt so VINDICATED.
In 1979, age 6, I was wearing overalls to school a lot, but 1974 might have been a little early for that, at least in some parts of the US. Just 10 years before that my mom was *required* to wear skirts to school....in Alaska. (The funny part: at some point the principal allowed girls to wear pants to school if the temperature was below some ridiculous level. It was considered extremely wussy to actually do so and they all kept wearing skirts.)
I love this story so much! And goodness knows we still need it. When my own kids were small, a little girl we knew said she wished she could have Legos, but her mom said they were for boys, except the Friends line. I think I said Legos are for people who like Legos. It was like 2010!!!
welp, just bought this on eBay. THANKS A LOT LEILA
AHAHAHAHA I WIN
*plots to steal one of her sister's excess plaid shirts to create cuffs for her jeans because YES*
I love this kid's parents. Sometimes it's way harder than it needs to be for adults to acknowledge that other adults MIGHT BE WRONG, and that they are so unequivocally on Jackie's side makes me want to hug them.
Also, since I undoubtedly had a pair of corduroy plaid overalls in the late seventies when I was a Little, I have zero idea what world that teacher came from. By the end of the 70's, at least in my class, more girls wore overalls than boys.
I wore overalls a ton, too (born in '77, so early '80s for school). This pubbed in 1974, so it would have been written and illustrated at least a year before that, right? Either way, just think: Two years later, Dorothy Hamill's little sassy haircut would take the world by storm and Jackie would have felt so VINDICATED.
Also, these names crack me up. Susie, Barbara, and Jackie!
I don’t think I had overalls until later, but I definitely had plaid pants. And corduroy pants. And the Mary Lou Retton haircut 😂
In 1979, age 6, I was wearing overalls to school a lot, but 1974 might have been a little early for that, at least in some parts of the US. Just 10 years before that my mom was *required* to wear skirts to school....in Alaska. (The funny part: at some point the principal allowed girls to wear pants to school if the temperature was below some ridiculous level. It was considered extremely wussy to actually do so and they all kept wearing skirts.)
I love this story so much! And goodness knows we still need it. When my own kids were small, a little girl we knew said she wished she could have Legos, but her mom said they were for boys, except the Friends line. I think I said Legos are for people who like Legos. It was like 2010!!!