A Girl Can Build Anything - Hardcover

Charlton-Trujillo, E.E.; Miller, Pat Zietlow

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593463749 ISBN 13: 9780593463741

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers, 2023

Synopsis

A brilliant, inclusive ode to self-expression, girl power, and the many things readers can create.

Have you ever dreamed of building something? Maybe something little—like a birdhouse? Or something big—like a skyscraper? If you can envision it, you can build it! A Girl Can Build Anything is a playful celebration of all the different ways girls can make things—from tinkering to tool wielding, from ideas on paper to big, lived-out dreams that require brick and mortar. This fun and empowering ode to self expression will inspire readers to jump up and immediately start to build. Because they can. They can do anything!

About this title

About the Author

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo is a Mexican American author, filmmaker, and co-founder of the nonprofit Never Counted Out. Trujillo has written several award-winning YA and middle grade novels, and they are also the co-author of Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules and Lupe Lopez: Reading Rock Star with New York Times bestselling author Pat Zietlow Miller. They live in Texas. You can visit e.E. Charlton-Trujillo online at EECharlton-Trujillo.com or follow them on Twitter @PinataDirector.

Pat Zietlow Miller is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of many picture books, including, Sophie’s Squash, Wherever You Go, Be Kind, Remarkably You, When You Are Brave, Be Strong, What Can You Do with a Rock?, and many others. She lives with her family in Wisconsin. You can visit Pat Zietlow Miller online at PatZietlowMiller.com or follow her on Twitter @PatZMiller.

Keisha Morris is a freelance writer and illustrator for picture books and a member of SCBWI who loves getting to create characters whose personalities jump off the page. She earned her BFA in illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Keisha is the illustrator of several books for children, including For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World, When My Cousins Come to Town, When the Schools Shut Down, and others. Keisha lives with her wife, daughter, and two crazy cats in Maryland. You can visit Keisha Morris online at KeishaMorris.com or follow her on Twitter@Kekkerz and on Instagram @Kekkerz86.

Reviews

K-Gr 3—Girl power is emphasized heavily in this delightful read that showcases exactly what girls are capable of. The book opens with a girl, clad in yellow work gloves, drawing up her project idea. "It starts with a vision. A sketch. And a plan. To create what you've only imagined." Illustrations feature eye-catching bright colors done in tissue paper collage and finished digitally. Characters, primarily Black and brown girls, work hard and work together, building small things like birdhouses and then larger things like an entire playground; as adults, they are seen constructing a large building made of steel. The authors nail down encouragement on every page for girls who desire to build. Mistakes will happen, but continuing is the only way to go. "Take a breath. Take a break. Then… try again. Because failure isn't final. It's where new ideas are made." No more than a few short sentences are delivered on each page; the illustrations make the point. Inspiring and motivating, the book may be aimed at girls, but everyone will get the message. VERDICT This get-it-done book carries an important message for all children.—Tracy Cronce

Edition details

• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593463749
• ISBN 13: 9780593463741
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Morris Keisha
• Number of pages: 32