G My Name Is Girl: A Song of Celebration from Argentina to Zambia

by Dawn Masi (Author)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Skip right into this joyful, diverse, alphabetic picture book celebrating girls around the world. A, my name is ALBA and my sister's name is AYELÉN. We come from ARGENTINA and we are ADVENTUROUS. Girls from 26 different countries--Argentina to Zambia--are beautifully and thoughtfully represented in this A to Z tribute to global girlhood. Children will enjoy reading about each girl's name, empowering chracter trait, and country, while learning how we are all connected. Globally-minded kids can also find the countries on a map at the back of the book and dream of places they'd like to visit.
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Publishers Weekly

In an alliterative abecedarian, Masi takes readers on a global journey to meet girls and women from 26 countries who exhibit as many vaguely aspirational traits. Full-color spreads in muted hues accompany the litany, depicting subjects of various skin tones, hair textures, and abilities against a slice of each country's landscape--in Argentina, two "adventurous" siblings jump rope against a mountainous backdrop, while New Zealander Nelly, who uses a wheelchair, proves "nurturing," coddling a lamb in a grassy field. One scene seems to reduce a country to a single traumatic event (two "heroic" figures in Haiti are seen picking their way across a pile of rubble, animals on their backs), while others extol virtues that feel laudable chiefly from a Western perspective, but the friendly illustrations of an inclusive range of girls are notably lively. Includes a map of highlighted locations. Ages 3-7. (Feb.)

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Review quotes

An easy way to open up children's eyes to girls around the world. —Kirkus

Friendly illustrations of an inclusive range of girls are notably lively." —Publishers Weekly

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593304044
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Publication date
February 23, 2021
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV039140 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
JUV014000 - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
JUV030000 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | General
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Individuality
Alphabet
Girls

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