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No Tooting at Tea

It’s a mash-up between that typically associated with attracting boys and that typically considered girlish:  fart humor plus tea parties. The illustrations are cute and frilly, showing a gathering of three little girls having a tea party in the yard with all the trimmings.  The text trying to outline the rules for tea parties, with repeated interruptions to accuse somebody of tooting, and every time the accused blames somebody else.  The final rule declared is that there’s no tooting at tea.  But just then the tea kettle toots to let them know the water is boiling, so they have to revise their rules.  It’s cute.  I may be guilty of succumbing to stereotypes, but I think it telling that it was written by a guy.