A is for Awesome! 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World by Eva
Chen, illustrated by Derek Desierto. BOARD
BOOK Feiwel and Friends (Macmillan),
2019. $10. 9781250215994
BUYING ADVISORY: PRE-K, EL (K-3) – OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
This is an ABC board book and each letter (except
for XYZ) represents a different woman who has made an impact on society. Most of the pages include a one sentence
description of what the woman accomplished and a quote that encompasses their
beliefs. The illustrations are over the
top adorable and the colors are bright and attractive. The letters XY and Z have a reflective piece
that mirrors the readers face and explains that they are extraordinary
too.
This is a fun idea, but I’m not
sure how many kids will sit through a story time that basically lists names of
different women. The vocabulary is way
over the head of young readers and would take a lot of explaining from an
adult. For example: “C is for Coco Chanel,
designer and OG girlboss” or “D is for Dorothy Hodgkin a crystallographer who
won the Nobel Prize for succeeding in the impossible”. Even as an adult, I would need to consult
Google on what that meant. Cute idea and
attractive packaging, but not sure it’s targeted at the right audience.
Reviewer, C. Peterson
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