Dear Girl, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Paris Rosenthal

 

Summary:

Dear Girl, is written as a letter with advice by a parent.  Some advice is directed to girls to not hold back, to ask many questions, and how to contemplate thoughts by writing them down.  Other advice promotes body acceptance and to say thank you to something that makes you YOU.  For example, thanking your freckles, a birthmark, or color of your hair.  The advice throughout the book encourages girls to trust themselves and their feelings.

Dear Girl, is a wonderful book to offer girls words of encouragment and advices.  It gives girls a sense of empowerment.  The ilustrations by Holly Hatam are light and cartoonish, which gives the book a sense of playfulness and fun.

Rosenthal, A. K., Hatam, H., & Rosenthal, P. (2017). Dear Girl. Harper.