Holiday Shipping & Gift Ideas

If you need your order by Xmas, please get it in by Saturday 12/20.

Need help choosing gifts for the girls on your list? Here our most popular gifts for every age group (and budget!).

Gifts for Babies
Girls Rock baby shirt

Very soft, pale yellow shirt with a girls rock design on the belly. $17

Also available in a onesie.





More suggestions:
"My Kind of Princess" shirt or onesie.
Brave Girl shirt or onesie.


Gifts for Kids
Brave Girl Adventure Pack

She gets a Brave Girl t-shirt, box of Brave Girl-Aids, pair of shoelaces, button and stickers in a festive gift box. You get the satisfaction of encouraging her to be strong, proud and adventurous. $35
More suggestions:
"Happy to be a Girl" fuzzy stickers
Rockin' Girl gift pack


Gift for Activists
Action Girl Pack

Give her the activist attire she needs--an "Action Not Glamour" t-shirt, a pair of spunky shoelaces, and stickers galore. $35




More suggestions:
"I Fight Like a Girl" poster
"This Insults Girls/Women/Everyone" stickers


Gifts for Readers
Up Words Girls Magnetic Poetry

"Featuring verbs like investigate and demand, adjectives like invincible and sassy, and nouns like goddess, activist and amazon, this fierce collection of women's words will bring out your inner Audre Lorde. "
--Bust Magazine
$14.95


More suggestions:
Girl Writer Gift Set
"My Kind of Princess" t-shirt


Stocking Stuffers (Under $10)
Brave Girl-Aid

Band-aids for the skinned kneees, scraped elbows,
and other boo boos that BRAVE girls
are bound to get. $7.95

More suggestions:
Girl Power and Action Not Glamour shoelaces
Stickers!


A Little Something for the Whole Troop/Team/Office/Family (Under $5)
Girls Rock Buttons

They're cute and fun with a celebratory message. At a dollar a piece you can get enough for everyone on your list (and even people who aren't!). $1



More suggestions:
Stickers
"I'm so Happy to Be a Girl" pencils

Understanding and Raising Girls -- Live Chat

I just found out PBS Engage is hosting a live chat with Rachel Simmons--author of the New York Times bestseller Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls.

Check out the chat:

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 4:00pm EST

They'll post a transcript for those who can't make it.

There are some great questions already posted:

"How do I teach my daughters (4 1/2 & 2) not to emulate the images they see on magazine covers and TV?"

"What are the Top 3 Tactics we can employ as parents to raise stronger, more self-sufficient and HAPPY girls."

Got any advice for these parents or questions of your own?

Barbie Beats Bratz

A judge today said that Bratz makers can no longer sell their dolls. It has nothing to do with their sexy outfits and excessively made up faces though.

Apparently Bratz infringed on a Mattel copyright. According to Salon:

"For several years, Mattel has promised to 'litigate to the death' over what it called (for realz, no joke) a 'Barbie genocide.' After winning a $100 million lawsuit against MGA, Mattel decided to wage its own 'genocide,' and called for all Bratz dolls to be impounded and destroyed. It's like a feud between rival prom queens, only in the language of, like, actual war."

Oh goodness--the jokes are gonna write themselves!

So now that Mattel owns the Bratz concept (they must be so proud!), who knows if they'll destroy all the dolls or start selling them. Barbie and Bratz all under one big Mattel umbrella of unrealistic body images for girls? Whoa that might be too much for me! Let's hope they opt to destroy the Bratz dolls.