Mailbox Monday (December 19)

Mailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books they received during the previous week. Warning: MM can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and huge wish lists! Mailbox Monday, which was started by Marcia (who now blogs at A girl and her books) is on blog tour—this month, it’s hosted by Jenny Q at Let Them Read Books.

I received two books in the mail this week, one for review and one I bought myself.

The first is Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America by Jo B. Paoletti, which was sent to me by Indiana University Press. It’s coming out in February 2012, so look for my review then!

From the publisher’s website:

Jo B. Paoletti’s journey through the history of children’s clothing began when she posed the question, “When did we start dressing girls in pink and boys in blue?” To uncover the answer, she looks at advertising, catalogs, dolls, baby books, mommy blogs and discussion forums, and other popular media to examine the surprising shifts in attitudes toward color as a mark of gender in American children’s clothing. She chronicles the decline of the white dress for both boys and girls, the introduction of rompers in the early 20th century, the gendering of pink and blue, the resurgence of unisex fashions, and the origins of today’s highly gender-specific baby and toddler clothing.

The second is Writing for Your Life: A Guide and Companion to the Inner Worlds by Deena Metzger.

What did you find in your mailbox this past week? For other Mailbox Monday posts, head over to Let Them Read Books.