Dear Boy,: A Celebration of Cool, Clever, Compassionate You!

We have and really enjoyed "Dear Girl,". We expected the same quality and level of empowerment in this sequel. Not an over the top expectation when "Dear Boy" is called "a companion to the bestseller" "Dear Girl".Instead of empowering it basically preached how a boy should act and behave. The double standard between the books is flagrant. "Dear Girl" full of empowerment. "Dear Boy" is full of lessons like "Yes means yes. Anything else means NO". Yeah, good message, but I'll take care of that conversation.Oddly enough, there is also next to no mention of boys in "Hello Girl", with a total of 5 pictures of boys. There are 22 pictures of girls in "Dear Boy,", along with constant reference to them.Long story short, "Dear Girl" book was empowering. "Dear Boy" fell short of that message and is pushing a different (although good) agenda/message.

Happened on Dear girl, amazingly beautiful and empowering for little girls to be little girls. Bought a copy for every friend or family member having a little girl. When I saw Dear Boy I was ecstatic to get one for my two year old. Dear Boy does not have the same “it’s ok to be you” vibe.

Personally, I didn’t like it and my 4 year old son didn’t either. There really wasn’t much that was very empowering for boys. The randomly placed “yes means yes. Everything else means no” didn’t make any sense to my 4 year old. That is not the way to bring up being respectful of each other’s bodies and personal space to young children. It felt like scolding. My son was confused.

This was fun to try to explain to my 7 year old son. Dear Girl was all about empowerment and uniqueness. This book was lacking and this page, in particular was not age appropriate.

This is such a sweet book! I bought it with the idea of, every year having it signed by his teachers so that when he graduates from high school, I can gift him this book. It will serve as a keepsake for him to see all the people who helped shaped the man he has become. It’s a simple read but I find the messages to be powerful. I love this book and I’m so glad they released an edition for a boy. The girls edition has been out for sometime.

This hardback "forever" book is wonderful - and WAS pristine and lovely UNTIL Amazon Services stuck a 4+ x 1 inch inventory control sticker right smack in middle of the beautiful cover ruining it; so far it has taken 4 applications of a Goof Off pen, and five of soap and water and there is STILL an underlayer impervious to either as well as an oily residue and smear ruining a large area of the cover - not to mention the organic (albeit lemony) smell!! I have never seen such a multi-layer, difficult-to-remove label. Thank goodness it is a top quality printing job. Most covers would never have lasted! I do not want to toss the cover because of the beautiful message on the inside leaf as well as info on the authors and illustrator. Would return it but we need it for our grandson tomorrow. Angry and disappointed...A ten year + Prime Customer.

I wish this was as good as”Dear Girl”. It seemed more like a behavior modification book, rather than an uplifting book that praised your son for being himself.

We have the Dear Girl book, which I love, so I was so excited to see that they came out with one for boys. We read it tonight for the first time and I absolutely LOVE it. It touches on a variety of topics in such a wonderful and engaging way. My boy was so happy to have a book tailored to him. The message was wonderful. Can’t say enough good things. I’ll be buying another one for my 2 y/o son so they can each have one to keep.

I like the book except the page where it says “yes means yes and everything else means no”. I don’t agree with that because it discourage kids when there’s no in between to work harder. It’s the same as saying there’s black and white and left and right and nothing else in between. I don't want one day my son got a "no" from joining a sports team or activity club and then quits trying because "everything else means no". I want my son to know that it's a no now but if you work harder then it will be yes in the future. It should “ yes means yes, maybe means possibility or maybe and no means no”. I think the author aims no means no reference to sex but this book is for younger children and most younger children do not think of sex at that age. But overall I do like the book, it teaches good values and instills confidence and self esteem into young readers.

I really liked Dear Girl and bought it for 2 other people who just had babies along with myself. I was a little disappointed with Dear Boy, it just didn’t have quite the same impact as Dear Girl. Still really cute and a good message but it was just missing something for me, hard to describe.

Bought this for our sons fourth birthday. It’s a wonderful and empowering book. He loves it and it’s has a wonderful message.

This is a fantastic book. My son loves it and says it is him on every page. The repetition of “dear boy” is great for new readers and the rest of the text has many positive messages.

This book is well written. It has a great message and great graphics. I initially bought the Book Dear Girl and I loved the message in that one as well. Basically, it's a great book that encourages kids to be who they are. I bought this book as a gift.