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4.39 AVERAGE
4.39 AVERAGE
A well-rounded variety of amazing women are beautifully illustrated and introduced in these pages. They are also accompanied by empowering and cleverly incorporated quotes. I'm just being a little picky, but some of the punctuation bothered me. However, that by no means takes away from the book. (It’s just one of those odd tidbits I wanted to document.) This would make a beautiful bedtime story and/or gift.
Informative picture book made up of profiles of inspiring, diverse American women. The illustrations are also quite nice. The only thing I would've added is maybe an author's note with more biographical info on each of the women. Still highly recommend.
I loved the pictures accompanying the stories of those influential women. This is another story that everyone should read because it really opens your eyes to the possibilities everyone has if they persist.
Overall, pretty benign, not particularly memorable or well written. The watercolor illustrations are nice but also represent the soft generic feel of this book. If this book were a color, it would be boring beige. Nothing new or interesting here, move on.
Disclaimer...I am no Clinton fan and there is a very large part of me that thinks this was more about $$$ than strengthening young minds. Why else use a trending political hashtag as a title and then follow it up with such a basic ineffectual book? There is nothing particularly wrong with the women covered in this book, other than many are already the go-to women for this type of book (have seen them over and over). The information and writing on these 13 is very basic, boring, and lacking in creativity.
I did like that a quote from each woman is included.
Women included in this book:
Harriet Tubman
Helen Keller
Clara Lemlich
Nellie Bly
Virginia Apgar
Maria Tallchief
Claudette Colvin
Ruby Bridges
Margaret Chase Smith
Sally Ride
Florence Griffith Joyner
Oprah Winfrey
Sonia Sotomayor
Disclaimer...I am no Clinton fan and there is a very large part of me that thinks this was more about $$$ than strengthening young minds. Why else use a trending political hashtag as a title and then follow it up with such a basic ineffectual book? There is nothing particularly wrong with the women covered in this book, other than many are already the go-to women for this type of book (have seen them over and over). The information and writing on these 13 is very basic, boring, and lacking in creativity.
I did like that a quote from each woman is included.
Women included in this book:
Harriet Tubman
Helen Keller
Clara Lemlich
Nellie Bly
Virginia Apgar
Maria Tallchief
Claudette Colvin
Ruby Bridges
Margaret Chase Smith
Sally Ride
Florence Griffith Joyner
Oprah Winfrey
Sonia Sotomayor
"I knew then and I know now that, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right'."
Absolutely wonderful. The little bits about each woman are short while also informative, although some perhaps could use some work (specifically Sonia Sotomayor's) but I quite enjoyed the fact that they are perfect length for children, especially the younger ones, while also including the life and impact of each woman whose story is being told.
I definitely know what I'll be getting my cousin's daughter in a few years, especially as I just saw that there's one that is more global rather than just US-specific. Then again, I also think my nephew could benefit from this as well. Hopefully there will be Swedish translations with a few years, or else they'll just have to make do, ha!
Absolutely wonderful. The little bits about each woman are short while also informative, although some perhaps could use some work (specifically Sonia Sotomayor's) but I quite enjoyed the fact that they are perfect length for children, especially the younger ones, while also including the life and impact of each woman whose story is being told.
I definitely know what I'll be getting my cousin's daughter in a few years, especially as I just saw that there's one that is more global rather than just US-specific. Then again, I also think my nephew could benefit from this as well. Hopefully there will be Swedish translations with a few years, or else they'll just have to make do, ha!
Does it have great literary value? No. Is it relatively narrow in its scope? Of course. Might it inspire, propel and empower a young girl? ABSOLUTELY. My 6 year old adored this book when we got it from the library. It made it into many consecutive bedtime story times (and if it did not interest her, we would not have re-read it night after night) and the message of "you can achieve what you want to go, even if people tell you 'No' and try to keep you down" definitely got through to her. She spontaneously took to sketching out the poses of the 13 women in this book, and also posing her stuffed animals in the same way at every page turn. Since reading this we have seen her enact behavior where she stands tall as a girl - like when the "rude boys" were saying "no girls allowed" on the climbing structure, she and other girls climbed right up and made it clear that that they would not be cowed. This book has moved from a library loan to her Christmas list, which is a very rare occurrence.
I am just glad that she has not yet asked what slavery is (as part of the Harriet Tubman page)...
I am just glad that she has not yet asked what slavery is (as part of the Harriet Tubman page)...
My students knew many of the women in this book, but I love how some of the women featured they have never heard of. It drives the point home that women have been excluded from history. I read the book to my students for Women's history month and our word this month is perseverance. I think this book would be a great jumping off point for students to start a research project about a person of significance.
Beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully written, with each woman getting a moment of speaking in her own voice. I like that several of the choices bucked the trend of choosing from a specific canon of Great Women. I do wish that since Helen Keller was included, it could have focused on what she did *after* college, fighting for workers' rights and championing other socialist causes. I wish the book had the courage to mention that Sally Ride was a lesbian. And I wish they had included a trans woman and an Asian-American--perhaps in Chelsea's second book. For now, my children and I are delighted with this lovely little volume.
I loved that not only were there the usual suspects but some others, perhaps lesser known or talked about. Also, fairly diverse set of women.