Again, this is a perfect gift for parents to celebrate the life-journey of their daughters and will ring true at all key life moments; birth, going off to school or university, or heading off into the world on your own; a gentle, poetic reminder of the dreams to always carry along the way and to be yourself, always…proudly and with great heart. I enjoyed elements of the art in this book, particularly the colors and the winding plants… however, something struck me as a bit off about the tone of the book.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. A perfect gift for baby showers, graduations, and other celebrations, Dreams for Our Daughters is a book girls will treasure throughout their lives. Her first book, The Night Box, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Klaus Flugge prize for illustration. This beautiful mix of childlike magical dreams and inspiring words of encouragement to change the world is matched perfectly with the fantastical illustrations.My experience of working in a library and studying English Liteature as a degree both demonstrate my love of books. Perfect to share with little ones teaching them to dream big and have the self belief to be whoever you want to be. We'll keep in touch with fresh newness and offers so that you're first in the know of what's happening!

Composed mostly of double-page spreads, small diverse people perform all means of activities, including navigating a ship, stargazing, planting trees, leading a march, reading, dancing, and singing.Her previous books include Dreams for Our Daughters (Eerdmans), The Tide (Tiger Tales Press), and The Night Box (Clarion), which was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. An uplifting and inspirational picture book about the unique experiences and opportunities that children raised as girls will encounter in this sometimes troubling, challenging world.

This empowering book encourages young girls to become leaders unafraid to stand up for themselves and others. Ruth Doyle and Ashling Lindsay share their talents once again to craft an empowering, whimsical message of strength, power, beauty, grace, and belonging.

It’s a poetic introduction to what it means to be raised as a girl and the dazzling possibilities the world has to offer. This prescriptive poem represents an ideal for parents to share with their daughters, teaching parents that daughters must be taught to be doers and encouraged to be dreamers.