Barbie's 50th Birthday: Think Barbie Think Princess

In conjunction with the May display featuring staff owned past and present Barbies and accessories, we will provide book titles and reviews available at CDPL that have some relation to the Barbie phenomenon.

Barbie is a busy doll. According to Wikipedia article "Barbie's Careers" she has represented career women in the fields of medicine, politics, military, education, public service and transportation, just to name a few. However, Mattel's attempts at keeping Barbie "real" is often overshadowed by her heavily marketed sparkly, magical, and glamourous image. For many past, present, and future little girls, when we think Barbie, we think Princess.