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teganbeesebooks's review
5.0
This is such a humbling, heart tugging book. The illustrations are beautiful and convey the setting wonderfully. Gie Gie is lovable and can inspire readers to help.
beths0103's review
5.0
Absolutely stunning. Even the text is beautifully illustrated. I could see this being a Caldecott contender.
mallen8509's review
5.0
The Water Princess is about Model and Philanthropist experiences as a child.
Princess GieGie has to walk miles every day to get water for her family. She doesn’t understand why the water is so far away. After a long day of walking, Princess GieGie asks her mother why they have to walk miles for water. Her mother doesn’t entirely give her an answer but tells her that maybe she will solve their country’s problem one day.
Today, Georgie Badiel is doing just that. Since 2015, The Georgie Badiel Foundation has helped towns in the country of Burkina Faso get clean and accessible water.
Georgie Badiel is truly The Water Princess.
Princess GieGie has to walk miles every day to get water for her family. She doesn’t understand why the water is so far away. After a long day of walking, Princess GieGie asks her mother why they have to walk miles for water. Her mother doesn’t entirely give her an answer but tells her that maybe she will solve their country’s problem one day.
Today, Georgie Badiel is doing just that. Since 2015, The Georgie Badiel Foundation has helped towns in the country of Burkina Faso get clean and accessible water.
Georgie Badiel is truly The Water Princess.
molly_dettmann's review
4.0
This one was such a beautiful story!!! I had never heard of this model or her life and I think she sold home the importance of water with her autobiographical picture book.
rc211's review
Really great art/illustrations which make this book very enjoyable to read. This book gives an inside look of how others with less amenities struggle but make things worthwhile by having hopes and dreams.
ashleymojo's review
5.0
One of my favorite children’s books. This is great for all ages because of it’s theme centering around gratitude. Every time I read it I am reminded to be grateful for the little things!
missopenthrottle's review
5.0
Powerful. It’s a simple story with so much heart and determination, but with so much relatable playfulness despite the hardships being endured. I can’t wait to buy thus book for my nephew. A book every child should be exposed to.
_elenarose's review
5.0
What if you had to walk four miles (70 football fields) every day to get water? That’s the surprising focus of The Water Princess, by Susan Verde. Her book focuses on a little girl in Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa, where almost a quarter of the population does not have access to clean water.
The story shows how women and girls journey each morning to fill pots with water for cooking, bathing, and drinking because they don’t have any at home. Children do not go to school because of this time-consuming task.
The picture book goes through the walk to water, each step of the way. The author writes in a playful way that really grasps the view of a child. The book is the true story of Georgie Badíel, who is now a Burkinabé model. But as a child, she wished that water would come to her so she didn’t have to make the long walks every day. As an adult, she advocates for clean water in her community.
The book describes Georgie willing the water to come closer to her, yet it does not. She explains how they stop for shea nuts when they are halfway to the water, and Georgie plays with friends while her mother waits in line to get water.
I liked the illustrations by Peter H. Reynolds a lot, sometimes I would linger on pages just to fully appreciate the beauty of them. This story made me really aware of what was happening in Africa, I had orginally thought that long walks to water were well in the past, but based on UNICEF’s report in 2022, 418 million people on the continent are still without water. You can donate to Georgie Badíel Foundation, an organization aiming to provide clean water and sanitation to Burkina Faso.
I recommend this book to kids ages six to 10. I think that they may understand the theme of the book, which was to stay hopeful and optimistic, even when things are tough.
Four out of four roses!
The story shows how women and girls journey each morning to fill pots with water for cooking, bathing, and drinking because they don’t have any at home. Children do not go to school because of this time-consuming task.
The picture book goes through the walk to water, each step of the way. The author writes in a playful way that really grasps the view of a child. The book is the true story of Georgie Badíel, who is now a Burkinabé model. But as a child, she wished that water would come to her so she didn’t have to make the long walks every day. As an adult, she advocates for clean water in her community.
The book describes Georgie willing the water to come closer to her, yet it does not. She explains how they stop for shea nuts when they are halfway to the water, and Georgie plays with friends while her mother waits in line to get water.
I liked the illustrations by Peter H. Reynolds a lot, sometimes I would linger on pages just to fully appreciate the beauty of them. This story made me really aware of what was happening in Africa, I had orginally thought that long walks to water were well in the past, but based on UNICEF’s report in 2022, 418 million people on the continent are still without water. You can donate to Georgie Badíel Foundation, an organization aiming to provide clean water and sanitation to Burkina Faso.
I recommend this book to kids ages six to 10. I think that they may understand the theme of the book, which was to stay hopeful and optimistic, even when things are tough.
Four out of four roses!
skeiekidikins's review
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I loved that I could teach my son about gratitude with this book.