We Are Girls Who Love to Run uses running to inspire girls to build healthy habits and achieve goals. Vibrant watercolor illustrations celebrate real girls with different body styles who find satisfaction in daily life experiences. The characters display their inner strengths as they make simple healthy choices and interact with family and friends. A sports book specifically designed for girls, We Are Girls Who Love to Run speaks to girls of all fitness levels, from the curious observer-turned-participant to the driven competitor. It celebrates the multiple elements of girlhood that connect to form the whole girl: family life, friendships, emotions, fitness, goal-setting, relaxation, and curiosity. It acknowledges girls' spirits and applauds their fortitude in believing in themselves. 2008 Children's Moonbeam Award Bronze Medalist.
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“I am lovable. / Soy adorable.” The message is clearly spelled out in this lively, bilingual English-Spanish picture book. The story not only presents “the wonder of being a girl” but also the joy of running. On every page, glowing watercolors full of movement show happy girls of all shapes, sizes, and ethnic groups, alone and together—“daring to try,” circling the running track, planning a sleepover, shopping at the mall, biking with Dad, winning and losing. Because there is no attempt to patch on a whole story, the self-help stuff is front and center, but the cheerful pictures soften the message, making the book a good choice to encourage discussion about physical education, gender roles, body image, and friendship. Grades K-3. --Hazel Rochman
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If you are a runner, you will read We Are Girls Who Love to Run more than once. Through a young girl's voice, Brianna K. Grant tells of the beauty of running. She starts with, 'Some days I run quickly, my feet carrying me like lightning racing the wind. Other days I walk, soaking in the world around me.' But this book is so much more than a tribute to running. It's an essay of comradeship, family, patience, and fun. It's a heartfelt composition of the emotions of strength, wisdom, and goals. Highly recommended for any girl, from the youngest to the adolescent, to the high school kid who still loves picture books. --Carol Goodrow
We are Girls Who Love to Run is a brilliantly beautiful chronicle of the awakening of a runner's spirit. Being a runner has helped me improve and grow as a woman, and has blessed every aspect of my life...my faith, my family, my friendships and my fitness. It is precisely this message, that Brianna so eloquently conveys, that I want to model for my daughters and for other women everywhere. She tells the story of health and wholeness in three languages...English, Spanish, and the universal language of the heart. Lea y goce...read and enjoy --Kristin Armstrong
If you are a runner, you will read We Are Girls Who Love to Run more than once. Through a young girl's voice, Brianna K. Grant tells of the beauty of running. She starts with, 'Some days I run quickly, my feet carrying me like lightning racing the wind. Other days I walk, soaking in the world around me.' But this book is so much more than a tribute to running. It's an essay of comradeship, family, patience, and fun. It's a heartfelt composition of the emotions of strength, wisdom, and goals. Highly recommended for any girl, from the youngest to the adolescent, to the high school kid who still loves picture books. --Carol Goodrow
We are Girls Who Love to Run is a brilliantly beautiful chronicle of the awakening of a runner's spirit. Being a runner has helped me improve and grow as a woman, and has blessed every aspect of my life...my faith, my family, my friendships and my fitness. It is precisely this message, that Brianna so eloquently conveys, that I want to model for my daughters and for other women everywhere. She tells the story of health and wholeness in three languages...English, Spanish, and the universal language of the heart. Lea y goce...read and enjoy --Kristin Armstrong
If you are a runner, you will read We Are Girls Who Love to Run more than once. Through a young girl's voice, Brianna K. Grant tells of the beauty of running. She starts with, 'Some days I run quickly, my feet carrying me like lightning racing the wind. Other days I walk, soaking in the world around me.' But this book is so much more than a tribute to running. It's an essay of comradeship, family, patience, and fun. It's a heartfelt composition of the emotions of strength, wisdom, and goals. Highly recommended for any girl, from the youngest to the adolescent, to the high school kid who still loves picture books. --Carol Goodrow
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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A wonderful and uplifting story,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: We Are Girls Who Love to Run / Somos Chicas Y a Nosotras Nos Encanta Correr (We Are Girls) (We Are Girls) (English and Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)
We Are Girls Who Love To Run is a bilingual English/Spanish children's picturebook, told in first-person perspective by young girls who enjoys running for health and for fun. "I am beautiful. When I smile, my eyes sparkle, and my spirit glows for the world to see. Freckles parade across my face. My arms and legs are graceful as I circle the track." Far more than a standard picturebook, We Are Girls Who Love To Run encourages finding joy in life through exercise, and impresses the value of self-confidence rather than allowing oneself to become obsessed with unrealistic Hollywood ideals of beauty. The colorful illustrations, done in a soft yet realistic style, show young women from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds experiencing a shared joy in running. A wonderful and uplifting story; the final page has an assortment of true-life quotes from women young and old who love to run.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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We Are the Girls,
By Lorenzo (TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: We Are Girls Who Love to Run / Somos Chicas Y a Nosotras Nos Encanta Correr (We Are Girls) (We Are Girls) (English and Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)
Parents and teachers are prone to telling young boys and girls what they can become. We tell our youngsters that they can become a veterinarian, a professor, a fireman, or the first female president. Brianna Grant, in her thoroughly engaging children's book We Are The Girls Who Love To Run, takes a different approach. She reminds young girls of what they already are - strong, beautiful, loveable, and valuable.
The book is centered around an Everygirl character, not a Chelsea, Rebekkah, or Tina. Some children may wonder why the girls in the story have no names, but that absence of specifics is a strength. The girls are all girls everywhere, all imbued with the same potential and possibilities. Even Nicholas Wright's illustrations, full of color and inertia, have an indistinct quality that precludes identifying any one girl with any one trait. All girls, both as characters and readers, are thus integrated into a sense of community. They run, shop, help, and share together. Grant has chosen an appealing array of adjectives and verbs to characterize the girls. They are vibrant and boisterous. The smiles are radiant. The girls squeal and gaze. Hearts soar, minds sharpen, health shines, and freckles parade across the face. Children will love the sound and feel of these words, and many children will quite probably learn a word or two. Every page has an accompanying Spanish translation of Grant's text. For non Spanish speakers, it's an opportunity to learn some vocabulary. More importantly, perhaps a target audience is reached, an audience eager to hear a message of optimism, hope, and empowerment. That the message is conveyed via the avenue of running simply adds to its universality and power. Almost anyone can run, which is why running is such a useful metaphor for striving, succeeding, and sharing. We Are The Girls Who Love To Run is a book that will help young girls realize not what they can become, but the beauty of what they already are.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A Breath of Fresh Air,
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This review is from: We Are Girls Who Love to Run / Somos Chicas Y a Nosotras Nos Encanta Correr (We Are Girls) (We Are Girls) (English and Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)
I just bought this book for my daughter and was thrilled with the positive messages and beautiful illustrations. It really celebrates individuality and encourages kids to be healthy, happy and confident without the pressure to be "perfect" they tend to feel from other media. I wish it had been around when I was a kid!
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