Posted on my blog: Maui Author’s Diet Tale Sparks Uproar:
The title has perhaps unsurprisingly sparked outrage in some circles. Encouraging kids to eat well and exercise? Good. Doing so in a picture book that feels like it's aimed at younger children, and harping on social insecurities rather than health? Not so good.
Horribly wrong message in a questionable medium? Overly sensitive online mob strikes again? Much ado about nothing?
A children’s book author on Maui has set off a firestorm of controversy with a forthcoming title about a 14-year-old girl who finds her way to social acceptance through weight loss.
Horribly wrong message in a questionable medium? Overly sensitive online mob strikes again? Much ado about nothing?
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