by Lisbeth Kaiser (Author) Risa Rodil (Illustrator)
The latest addition to the WHO HQ program: a biography of Malala Yousafzai, created specifically for the preschool audience!
The #1 New York Times Bestselling Who Was? series expands into the board book space, bringing age-appropriate biographies of influential figures to readers ages 2-4. The chronology and themes of Malala Yousafzai's life are presented in a masterfully succinct text, with just a few sentences per page. The fresh, stylized illustrations are sure to captivate young readers and adults alike. With a read-aloud biographical summary in the back, this age-appropriate introduction honors the life and work of one of the most influential activists of our time.
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PreS-K--Kaiser, working with the brevity of the board book format, wastes little time in setting the stage for this modern hero's story. "Malala grew up in the lovely Swat Valley in Pakistan. Her home was always busy with family and neighbors--the women cooking together, the men reciting poetry, and the kids playing outside. Malala often joined the men, and loved listening to her father read." Rodil's illustrations do not attempt a literal interpretation of the country, but in broad swaths provide onlookers with Yousafzai's garb and surroundings, her delight in the classroom, and her sorrow that the one thing she wished for adulthood--to live freely, as men did--was impossible. This information is in the third spread of the book. The changes in her country when the Taliban came to power are described in a vague way, the specifics left for an author's note. In all, the book provides quick, dense strokes to outline this young woman's life, which is really all a board book can do. VERDICT An impressive collection of data, smoothly told, with colorful artwork, just right for kindergartners.--Kimberly Olson Fakih
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