It’s a Girl Thing: Smart, Fierce, and Leading the Way by Pri Ferrari – OPTIONAL

It’s a Girl Thing: Smart, Fierce, and Leading the Way by Pri Ferrari . PICTURE BOOK. Starberry (Kane), 2016. $19. 9781635921243

BUYING ADVISORY: EL(K-3) – OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

This book answers the question What do girls like to do and what can girls be. It have statements with little captions and a corresponding illustration. For example: Girls are Pilots. “They can fly helicopters, airplanes, rockets..and even dragons.” The illustration shows a girl riding a dragon. It goes through a variety of careers like chefs, mechanics, doctors, mountain climbers, and more.

Adding this book to your library collection would be on a case by case basis. I don’t feel like the demographic in my school would need this, girls already know they can be anything they want. (Our need was more of stereotypical boy/girl characteristics thing –like boys can wear pink and have long hair, girls can have short hair, etc.. and its just great). There are some mistakes, I guess, as well. On the archaeologists page, the illustration shows a girl and woolly mammoth, but that would be Paleontology not archaeology. I also thought the girls are “gamers” page was kind of sad, why can’t they be the video game creators and programmers instead? 

Reviewer: Stephanie MLS & Author.