About the Author

Paulette Bogan admits she was bossy as a child. She is the author and illustrator of Virgil & Owen, which was chosen as one of Bank Street Best Children’s books of the Year 2016, Virgil & Owen Stick Together, which won a Mom’s Choice Award Gold Medal for Picture Books, and Lulu The Big Little Chick, which won a Children’s Choice Book Award. She lives in New York City with her husband, three daughters, and two dogs. They ALL think she is STILL bossy. But they’ve never told her to go to her room! More information about Bogan can be found on her website.

About the Book

Flossy is the bossiest girl around. She’s bossy at home and she’s bossy in school. She’s bossy to her friends and she’s bossy to her cat. Sometimes she’s even bossy to her teacher! Flossy doesn’t understand why no one will listen to her. One day, Flossy meets Edward, a boy who may be just as bossy as she is. Has Flossy finally met her match?

Book Review

Paulette Bogan’s ‘Bossy Flossy’ is a great book in that it offers parents of children, bossy or not, the opportunity to think about what the meaning of that word.

The drawings are great both artistically and educationally speaking.  Each image is eye-catching with plenty of details for children to pour over.  The characters are drawn in a way that makes them very identifiable for children and rather endearing.  Educationally-speaking, there is a lot of information to digest in the facial expressions and body language of each character, be it Flossy, Edward, or the ones around them whom they boss around.  This can and should be used as a way for parents to reflect with their children on the effect of bossiness on those who are bossing others around and those are being bossed around.

I particularly appreciated the different expressions of bossiness portrayed throughout the book.  Well-know sentences are used, such as “You’re not the boss of me” which can really make a child think about his or her own potential bossiness—or that of another.

Another thing I appreciated is the way the bossiness got resolved—Flossy saw her own bossiness mirrored in Edward and realises the consequence of her behaviour on others.  This book therefore not only teaches children not just what bossiness is, but also the act of reflecting on one’s behaviour, which needs to be done quite literally at this age.

Thank you to iReads Book Tours for providing a
copy of this book for me to review!

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