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My five-year-old is really into the "Rebel Girls" book. Its format -- one page biographies -- makes it easy to flip thru and pick stories. Unlike almost every
by dzdt 8y ago
My five-year-old is really into the "Rebel Girls" book. Its format -- one page biographies -- makes it easy to flip thru and pick stories.
Unlike almost everything else we read it is both real and edgy.
The one that she returns to the most is Malala, shot in the head by men who didn't like her going to school, won the Nobel peace prize.
- dvdhnt 8y agoIf she likes that, may I suggest “She Persisted” [1]. It covers 13 notable American women with short, 1-page stories, artwork, and a quote. My girls like it. 1. She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World https://www.amazon.com/dp/1524741728/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_OI5lBbJWR9FMX https://www.amazon.com/dp/1524741728/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_OI5l...
- mindcrash 8y ago"The one that she returns to the most is Malala, shot in the head by fundamentalist Muslim men who didn't like her going to school, won the Nobel peace prize." Fixed it for you. Or let me explain: The problem here isn't that they are men in general, but that they follow a set of beliefs - Sharia law - which say that Muslim women only live to please Muslim men. Which also means that they don't like Muslims girls or women to go to school.