Princess Sparkle Heart Makeover

Princess Sparkle Heart gets a Makeover by Josh Schneider, is a book that reflects both traditional and nontraditional norms because it’s about a girl, Amelia, and her doll that becomes damaged and then replaced with different body parts that don’t fit cultural expectations that normally portray a girl doll and Amelia still views her as beautiful.
From looking at the book cover, you would expect this book to only reflect traditional norms. The title is pink, sparkly, and the font is flowy but at the same time it’s bold. Half of the words in the title are sparkly and the other half is made up of different patterns, and has screws and buttons sticking through them. The title turns from pink and frilly to bold and creative. This could reflect

She also had baby ducks, unicorns, teddy bears, and toy cars. They were all fuzzy and tiny looking toys that people would categorize as toys for a little girl, except the toy cars. The author didn’t focus on any other toy but showing them in the book showed that girls can play with robots and dinosaurs too. Girls are just portrayed to like dolls more. In the book, Amelia and Princess Sparkle Heart, did everything together. They had tea parties, pretended to go to royal weddings, and were just the best of friends. This kind of play is a cultural norm. Girl’s aren’t portrayed as adventures as boys. If it were a boy’s book, the kid would be playing outside or doing anything that didn’t involve tea parties or princesses.
Amelia is the definition of femininity. She’s dependent and emotional. Amelia is dependent when it comes to finding a solution to her problem. She just cried and cried until her mother found a solution for her. If it were a boy book, he wouldn’t have any parental supervision and would solve the problem himself. If he did have parental supervision, they would still let him do all the work because people view masculinity as being more

All she did was cry until her mother suggested that they could fix her doll. This is different because it’s usually the dads in stories that help build and fix things. Throughout the book, the mother is helping Amelia sew a new doll. You could also say this is a traditional norm. Men aren’t ever portrayed as someone who sews or helps their daughters with something like that.
Not having a father in the picture because they’re sewing would be viewed traditional. Fathers are viewed as masculine so that’s why Amelia’s mom is the only one there to help. In a traditional boy book, there’s always a dad building his son something or helping his son build something cool. Girls are never allowed to play with anything dangerous. That’s why all Amelia does is pick out some buttons and give her mom ideas of what she wants her new doll to look