The International Day of the Girl by Jessica Dee Humphreys is a delightful, little children's book all about girls around the world!

October 11th is International Day of the Girl, which is celebrated by the United Nations. This book celebrates all of the girls and emphasizes how great girls can be!

This book seems like it's just a picture book, but it's closer to Grade 5 and up, with more of a middle grade audience seeming appropriate. But advanced young readers will love it just the same! It's a great educational novel to help empower girls and let them know about the struggles of others. I see this book as one that will put your life in perspective, hence why middle graders might be better suited to the conversations of this book. There's also a pinch of history thrown in this book too!

The cover is super colourful and inviting, bringing a lot of attention to this book. All of the illustrations in this book are colourful - with flowers and vegetables and trees bringing the rainbow onto the page.

Overall, this is a great book to teach about the empowerment of women and how not everyone has the same advantages in life.

Three out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kids Can Press for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review. ( )

Nine stories celebrating the International Day of the Girls. Nine girls who demonstrate the strength, the determination, the intelligence, the love for ourselves, our family and each other. Nine stories teaching the immense value of gender equality and girls’ right.

Fiona from Brazil represents strength, learning to protect herself through the martial art of capoeira. Hana from Afghanistan has the blessing to attend school, having learnt to read through her grandmother’s tireless efforts. Abuya from Kenya represents creativity, taking care of the safety of the girls in her school. Liliya from Russia represents inventiveness, having come up with an impressive plan to make her neighbourhood safer and happier.

Sokanon from Attawapiscat First Nation community in Canada represents bravery, exposing the educational issues in her community. Malika from India changes absurd, cruel centuries-old tradition to protect girls’ health and well-being. Keeya from Nigeria stands against the ‘’tradition’’ of being a child-mother, an issue that brings to light the need for education and the protection of a girl’s childhood.

Zarah from Syria represents the joy of being alive even when everything you’ve ever known as certainty has been taken from you. Aster from the USA shows that Science is not a field exclusively reserved for men.

This is a book that should grace every child’s bookcase. It is mandatory reading, a precious step towards the urgent need to raise the citizens of Tomorrow, to have a chance for them to live in a better, more respectful world than the one they are about to inherit…

Many thanks to Kids Can Press and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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