Young girls get their own textbook

Following the publication of a gender-based textbook for primary school boys last year, Shanghai has introduced an version for girls.

Like its predecessor, Little Boys, the new book, Pretty Girls, was published by Shanghai Educational Publishing House.

As the first textbook designed for primary school girls in grades 4 and 5 in China, it aims to inform children about gender identity and self-protection, according to Zhang Zhijun, the editor at the publishing house who has seen the two books through to completion.