This isn't the worst framing story I've ever seen but I also think it's interesting that a story about Betty White being a female trailblazer starts by centering a boy planning school project with his two dads in that it completely de-centers her or the feminist undertones. This issue continues with the fact that our kid narrator only talks to men about his project except for his teacher. Even the librarian is a man which feels like falling into vocational awe (librarian) and gender stereotypes (teacher) at the same time.

It’s cute that Betty has a cameo but I wish there was an author’s note to contextualize that since it didn’t happen but all the other stuff about Betty is fact which creates a muddy narrative. It also makes me wish this had been inspired by Betty White and not pitched as a biography when ... it really isn't.

Aside from that, of course, we have the issue that this book was dated even before publication because the text includes a mention of Better turning 100 in the timeline at the end and does not note that she died OR that she died just short of that milestone birthday.