Global Baby Girls

by The Global Fund for Children

Overview

Celebrate baby girls everywhere! In the tradition of best-selling GLOBAL BABIES, GLOBAL BABY GIRLS shines a spotlight on girls from around the world, celebrating their strength, diversity, and potential.

Babies love to look at babies and this bright collection of photos is a ticket to an around-the-world journey.  From Peru to China, Russia to Mali, this board book  features captivating photographs of curious, joyful, and adventurous baby girls from fifteen different cultures. The bright and bold pictures paired with simple text share a powerful message: no matter where they are born, baby girls can grow up to change the world.

A perfect baby shower gift or first book for the toddler in your life.  Part of the proceeds from this book’s sales will be donated to the Global Fund for Children to support innovative community-based organizations that provide opportunities for girls to grow, thrive, and be strong.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580894395
Publisher:	Charlesbridge
Publication date:	02/01/2013
Series:	Global Babies , #3
Pages:	16
Sales rank:	385,454
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

The Global Fund for Children is a nonprofit organization committed to advancing the dignity of young people around the world. The GFC pursues this mission by making grants to innovative community-based organizations and by developing books that celebrate our global society. GFC books include WHAT WE WEAR, OUR GRANDPARENTS, and FAITH. Please learn more at www.globalfundforchildren.org.

Read an Excerpt

Wherever they are born, girls are beautiful...

Editorial Reviews

Wherever they are born, girls are beautiful, strong, bold, and bright,” opens this board book from the nonprofit Global Fund for Children, which follows the organization’s American Babies and Global Babies. Bright, up-close photographs of babies from around the world are labeled with their respective nations. The babies’ smiling faces and bright-colored clothing (which ranges from everyday jumpers to, in the case of one Russian child, a fur suit) are attention-grabbing, and the overall message (“Baby girls can grow up to change the world”) is empowering. Up to age 3. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

In a natural follow-up to Global Babies (2006) and American Babies (2010), an empowering text and vibrant photos present baby girls from Canada, China, Guatemala, France, India, Liberia, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, the United States and more. From the girl on the cover wearing a hijab to an American tyke wearing overalls, the girls mostly sport everyday wear in a broader range of colors than pink and purple. As girls are not always valued, the text, meted out in a few words per page, is a rallying cry in support of their potential: "Baby girls / can grow up / to change the world." The portrait of each girl is presented on a full page or with a boldly colored border that allows for the occasional word of text. The babies mostly present happy or serious facial expressions, and a few engage in activities that illustrate girl power in subtle ways; an American baby, in her father's arms, clutches a crayfish, and an Italian toddler looks as if she is "reading" aloud from a book. Another baby-faced winner from the Global Fund for Children, with an important social message to boot. (Board book. 3 mos.-1)

Kirkus Reviews