Book Description
"We are sisters of this Earth -- members of one powerful tribe. /Every color, shape, and size, we're united by beauty inside." Artistic photographs enhance the positive message of Jada Pinkett Smith's inspiring poem. A renowned actress and loving mother, Smith brings warmth and heart to this celebration of young women. While so many girls today struggle with self-doubt, this poem focuses on the power ALL girls have within them, regardless of color or creed. This is the perfect book for mothers, daughters, sisters and friends to give and to share again and again.


Card catalog description
Relates how girls are unique individuals, possessing self-esteem and discipline, and able to work with other girls to make the world a better place.

ANNOTATION

Relates how girls are unique individuals, possessing self-esteem and discipline, and able to work with other girls to make the world a better place.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"We are sisters of this Earth -- members of one powerful tribe. /Every color, shape, and size, we're united by beauty inside." Artistic photographs enhance the positive message of Jada Pinkett Smith's inspiring poem. A renowned actress and loving mother, Smith brings warmth and heart to this celebration of young women. While so many girls today struggle with self-doubt, this poem focuses on the power ALL girls have within them, regardless of color or creed. This is the perfect book for mothers, daughters, sisters and friends to give and to share again and again.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

A bevy of books celebrates all things female. "We girls hold up this world with a strength that's all our own,/ We'll see the different ways one day when we are grown," begins Girls Hold Up This World by Jada Pinkett Smith, an exuberant photoessay. Donyell Kennedy-McCullough's photos of girls smiling, pondering, turning cartwheels in the grass and practicing ballet poses at the barre includes a cast of girls of "Every color, age, and size, we're united by beauty inside." Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Gr 1-3-Smith celebrates the inner strength of women and girls in this short photo-essay with a rhyming text ("We girls hold up this world with a strength that's all our own./We'll see the different ways one day when we are grown." Kennedy-McCullough's full-page, glossy color photographs of girls and women engaged in a variety of activities are excellent. Unfortunately, they are overpowered by the heavy-handed message and occasional non sequiturs and forced rhymes ("We girls hold up this world as we build our self-esteem. We know that discipline will turn a princess into a queen."). The attractive layout with lots of pastel backgrounds is easy on the eye and will appeal to youngsters. Nevertheless, this book is an additional purchase.-Roxanne Burg, Orange County Public Library, CA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews