So, I am up at 1:20 in the morning reviewing this for several reasons. I don't want my daughter see this book until I can gift it to her and also to the other girls earning their bronze and silver awards coming up on Tuesday. The meeting where the girls will have the Girl Scout CEO for our council here at our meeting, to celebrate with them what they have done. Tomorrow, I have my silver award girl, Erika, coming to finish her installation of her Free Little Library, where she will handle drills and finish putting other something she has worked so hard on! So, for obvious reasons, I can't review while she is here. But I am giving her a copy of this book!
In the beginning, as expected with any artist, Leah talks about her journey with this book-- that she had a mother who made sure she always knew she could kick butt, because she was who she was, not because of or in spite of being female. When she became a parent, she wanted her son to be able to know that he could look up to females as good role models that indeed are and can be powerful and strong.
That is such a beautiful striking powerful thing-- she wants to write this for her son, not her daughter. Her son. So HE can know how amazing women are! THAT is both beautiful & powerful.
Each page is not just an illustration on one side and writing of the person on the other. It is well done artistically. It has a powerful truth/quote on one page and on the other is a black & white drawn portrait of them with words in colour around them of who they were or stood for. This could be in the years they were born and died, words that describe them, more quotes, fact about them, facts about what they did, and even cool things about them you wouldn't know about before.
What I LOVE about this is that it can inspire so many girls and so many boys. I can't wait to gift this to those girl scouts to show them to continue the tradition of being strong women in whatever they choose to do and to see the many paths that people have chosen to take.
I find that this can be helpful or good for girls (or boys) and adults of ANY age. I would definitely suggest for kids 7+ years old.
I SOOOOO wish I could give this to each girl scout as a gift at the holidays time to show them how much they are loved and how powerful they are. How I see them.
Book Description:
"Fine artist Leah Tinari’s portraits honor the achievements and impact of twenty-four American women. These women’s dreams were without boundaries; their accomplishments limitless in their reach and lasting power.
Tinari’s list is comprised of trailblazers, whose vision, grit, and guts paved the way not only for the generations to come, but for Tinari’s own artistic journey. These women include Louisa May Alcott, Rachel Carson, Julia Child, Shirley Chisholm, Ellen Degeneres, Ray Eames, Eve Ensler, Carrie Fisher, Dian Fossey, Aretha Franklin, Betsey Johnson, Carol Kaye, Yuri Kochiyama, Liz Lambert, Lozen, Shirley Muldowney, Tracey Norman, Annie Oakley, Georgia O’Keefe, Dolly Parton, Kimberly Pierce, Gilda Radner, Sojourner Truth, and Abby Wambach.
Their contributions to the arts, education, science, politics, civil rights, fashion, design, technology, and sports are enduring and noteworthy. Courage, perseverance, brilliance, and passion were the guiding, groundbreaking principles for these diverse women who span the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries."
* I was given this book in exchange for my honest review from the publisher & or the author. The opinions are my own *
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