Natalie Merchant. Sigourney Weaver. Tabitha Soren. Wendy Wasserstein. Rebecca Lobo. Lauren Hutton. Anita Roddick. Lynda Barry. These are among the ...
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Feb 22, 2011
Ke
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The book contains pearls of wisdom, even for a reader who is at least ten years older than the target age. There may be some conflicting views, but most contributors believe that a girl should work hard, enjoy books, and be content being alone sometimes.
The book has the right mixture of fictional stories and more how-to pieces. Too bad there aren't such collections for older readers.
The book has the right mixture of fictional stories and more how-to pieces. Too bad there aren't such collections for older readers.
Jun 01, 2010
Cami
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This is a small collection of essays (and a couple of comics) geared for teaching young girls self-esteem and that the sky is the limit when it comes to achieving dreams and doing amazing things with their lives.
I liked it a lot and it's something I would like my daughter to see around age 10 or 11.
I liked it a lot and it's something I would like my daughter to see around age 10 or 11.
Nov 30, 2009
This is a compilation of essays, comics, poems, and short stories that are supposed to be inspirational and build self-esteem in middle-school girls and older. I think it probably would have seemed cool to girls reading it back in 1998 when it was published, but it is dated now. My girls (age 12 and 16) have never heard of any of the women mentioned in the book and one of the comics does a Madonna parody that would go completely over their heads. The best part of the book was the short stories t
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