Girls Hold Up This World [Hardcover]

Jada Pinkett-Smith (Author), Donyell Kennedy-McCullough (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Step into reading. A step 2 book

Actress Jada Pinkett Smith--wife of superstar Will Smith--lovingly captures the strength, unity, and beauty that live in girls in this poignant photographic book.

"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.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 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
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Cartwheel (November 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439087937
• ISBN-13: 978-0439087933
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 10.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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63 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Luminous Tribute To Girls And Women Everywhere, March 21, 2005

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Dawn Matheson "Award-Winning Children's Autho... - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Girls Hold Up This World (Hardcover)

"We are sisters of this Earth-members of one powerful tribe. Every color, age, and size, we're united by beauty inside." With girls comparing everything about themselves to others - and often forced to take a back seat to boys - books like this one are a treat. Author Jada Pinkett Smith celebrates women's diversity as well as our unity. We are magnificent, the author seems to be saying, each and every one of us. It's a thoroughly inclusive book; women and girls of all ages and ethnic backgrounds are lovingly photographed here. Delightful photographs illuminate the author's lovely, lyrical poem and show the many faces of girlish and womanly beauty. The effervescence of one cartwheel-performing child is simply delightful.

This is a book about warmth, caring, love, and the strength we get from female friends and family members. It's perfect for mothers and daughters to read together, and for girlfriends to share.

But it's not just a feel-good book. Feeling good about ourselves also takes effort: "We girls hold up this world as we build our self-esteem. We know that discipline will turn a princess into a queen."

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great message for girls, April 17, 2005

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Kristy Howard "Student" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Girls Hold Up This World (Hardcover)

Jada Pinkett-Smith is a terrific role model for girls. She is accomplished in her professional and personal life. Her book is another testimony to her great attitude for girls to follow. Any book that aims to help girls feel better about themselves and to stand up for themselves is commendable.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good, April 1, 2005

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RobertD "RD" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Girls Hold Up This World (Hardcover)

I found this book to be pretty good indeed, Nothing like a book to make one feel worth while, a truly feel good about yourself book, I would recommend this book to many females that just don`t have the self esteem that they should have, FOR WE ARE ALL WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

A recommendation from my point of view:
Poetry that holds, Stories untold,
Another wonderful book, that I would recommend to any and everyone!