Girls A to Z - Hardcover

Bunting, Eve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 156397147X ISBN 13: 9781563971471

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press, 2002

Synopsis

The world is full of great things to be and do. Meet Aliki, Belinda, Chris, and the other girls who are having fun dreaming of what they want to be when they grow up. This lively alphabet book shows girls imagining various professions and activities, from astronaut to zookeeper. Eve Bunting's breezy, rhyming text, with lively illustrations by Suzanne Bloom, invites girls to "dream any dream you want to dream."

About this title

About the Author:

Eve Bunting has written more than two hundred books for young people, including I Don't Want to Go to Camp and My Backpack, both illustrated by Maryann Cocca-Leffler, and the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz. Born and educated in Ireland, Eve now lives with her husband in southern California.

Suzanne Bloom is the author and illustrator of We Keep a Pig in the Parlor, A Family for Jamie, Piggy Monday, and A Bus for Us, which a starred review in Booklist called "clever and sweet." Suzanne lives with her family in McDonough, New York.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-K-Bunting has created a winning alphabet book that is playful, inventive, and (coincidentally) politically correct. Accompanied by Bloom's exuberant watercolor portraits, the rhymes feature 26 girls acting out what they hope to become when they grow up-from Aliki the astronaut to Zoe the zookeeper. Bunting's verse is never forced-"Dana is a dentist,/Eve's an engineer,/Fiona puts out fires,/Gwen's a gondolier"-and the children are every bit as diverse as the careers they contemplate. The book concludes with an unnecessary coda-"Girls,/Be anything you want to be./Do what you want to do./Dream any dream you want to dream./The world is here for you"-but it is well worth sharing.
Kathleen Whalin, York Public Library, ME
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 156397147X
• ISBN 13: 9781563971471
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Bloom Suzanne