Wonder Woman The Rain Forest
Festival Readers - 1st grade reading level
written by Nina Jaffe
illustrated by Ben Caldwell
Wonder Woman created by William Moulton Caldwell
children's manga
ages 4 - 7
I was pleased to find this paperback book on the shelves of my library. Fondly I remember Lynda Carter jumping around with her magic lasso fighting evil from the 1970's television show.
In a laughingly simple plot, Wonder Woman saves the rainforest by talking loggers and forest people into helping one another. Oh, how I wish it were so! That is what our superheroines are there to accomplish - inspire us to do good deeds, save the planet, love one another, etc.
I plan to see if my library has more of these books. My audience enjoyed this book and so did I.
As a note to feminists - in an effort to make Wonder Woman family friendly I see that she has a practical spaghetti strap shirt on and a midcalf to knee length skirt on. Her belly button is covered. Her tall boots are flats, not heals. Sorry, Dads. This is not sexy Wonder Woman but Save the Rainforests while Accompanied by Kids Wonder Woman.
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