Davis, Linsey and Michael Tyler. Girls of the World: Doing More Than Ever Before. Illustrated by Lucy Fleming. Grand Rapids, MI: ZonderKidz, 2024.

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Summary

Encourage children to use their voices, talents, and intelligence to help the world and raise awareness of girls and all the amazing things they do! An inspiration for readers of all ages, New York Times bestseller Girls of the World: Doing More Than Ever Before calls attention to the truth that it’s never too soon to become aware of and speak up about things that are important to you. Now is the perfect time for girls to show the world just who they are and what they’re capable of!

Written by ABC News anchor and bestselling author Linsey Davis, together with co-author Michael Tyler, Girls of the World invites us to celebrate the equality and fairness we should all experience. It encourages girls to be strong, brave, and curious about the world and their place in it.

Girls of the World:

• Features inspiring, motivating rhymes from Emmy award-winning ABC News anchor and New York Times bestselling authors Linsey Davis and Michael Tyler
• Includes whimsical illustrations by bestselling artist Lucy Fleming
• Is a great read-aloud for children ages 4-8
• Has a message that celebrates equality, fairness, and is meant to spur girls (and boys) on to be brave and take their place in a challenging world
• Concludes with a personal note from Linsey Davis

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My Kid Review

Linsey Davis and Michael Tyler have crafted a beautiful picture book about all the things girls can do.  The text is rhythmic and rhymes nicely. The text is somewhat generic – most of the story is told in the illustrations.

Lucy Fleming depicts girls of different color and different abilities. She also portrays a wide variety of occupations – many of which were traditionally considered “male” occupations.

One aspect of the book bothers me a bit.The text and illustrations of the book definitely portrays “girl power” – it is like they are talking about a world of girls only. I would rather have had the book talk about boys and girls being created equal in God’s eyes and that either sex can have the jobs they want. In a way boys are being put down, just by their omission from the text and most illustrations. I also wish that female role models had been included (as well as Biblical women). The book, to me, does not necessarily support Biblical values.

I’m not sure I would place Girls of the World in a K-12 Christian school library, but librarians may want to make the decision for themselves.

I received a complimentary copy of Girls of the World. This is my honest review. 

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