This Little Trailblazer: A Girl Power Primer

I really wanted to like this book. I mean, what a positive message to share with my girl. But, as I was reading it to her that first night, we got to the part about Coco Chanel. Coco Chanel who was widely known as, to quote a 2011 New Yorker article, "an incorrigible anti-semite." There is also significant evidence that she might have been a Nazi spy. I applaud the author for wanting to give children a wide array of people to look to, but would have preferred that someone who was a known Nazi sympathizer to have been left out. She is not a role model.

Our toddler son loves the "This Little..." series, so we decided to purchase this for him and our infant daughter. From the first page, this is a great book for little girls. The book emphasizes brains over beauty, with the first lines stating, "Paving the way to a future that's bright. Helping the world with their skills, smarts, and might..."Each page walks readers through a female trailblazer, including Ada Lovelace, Florence Nightingale, Coco Chanel, Ross Parks, Maria Tallchief, Wilma Rudolph, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruby Bridges, Maya Lin, and Malala Yousafzai. The book celebrates diversity by representing women of different ages, races, backgrounds, professions, time periods, and more. What a great message to send to our children.Each woman receives an entire two page spread with the left-hand side including a four line rhyming poem about the individual, while the right-hand side provides a few additional facts about her. The final two page spread includes 12 extra women with a brief description/accomplishment.Visually, the book looks fantastic. Bright, bold colors. The drawings are illustrated, but have simple yet effective details. Structurally, the book feels sturdy.We are very pleased with this purchase.

{My thoughts} – I always enjoyed reading the books that Joan Holub writes. These Primer books are no different. I like that they help to teach children about people that have helped to shape the world in which we live. That they help to teach children about those that have made a difference in the world in which we live. A good difference.In this particular book the focus is women that have made a difference. I enjoyed reading the nice little introductory rhyme on the first page and then the facts about the individual on the following page. I also enjoy how the illustrations and the words on the pages go together hand and hand in a nicely manner.I recommend this book to any child that shows a hunger for knowledge. This book and the others in the set help to teach children important facts that will be beneficial to them in the future. These books are wonderful for children that love to be read to as well, because although they think they are just hearing a story they are actually learning about an important part of their history.

Very cute book. I have a 2 1/2 year old and with everyone constantly saying to her "she's so cute!" "What a pretty princess!", it's refreshing to see a book about strong and brave women. There's nothing wrong with princesses to me, but it gets a little much after awhile. So I bought this for her for Christmas and I'm excited to read to her about all the amazing ladies who impacted the world and keep telling her that she can be anything! As a mother, one of my greatest hopes is that my daughter will recognize her potential!

Husband ordered this book for our 3 year old twin boys, and they love reading it together. The descriptions of these powerhouse women are simple and understandable, and have led to further chats with our wee ones on how things haven't always been fair for all. Highly recommend!

Another great edition to the series! The bright colors attracted my six month old's attention and it was a wonderful way to introduce him to historical women that changed the game. Here's to woke babies!

Such a simple, perfect book about girl power. Absolutely love it.

My 18 month old loves this book and so do her Dad and I. She likes for us to read through it multiple times and will start acting out some of the accomplishments (such as typing for Ada Lovelace or running for Wilma Rudolph). We would definitely recommend it and plan to give it as gifts to other toddlers & young children.

Bought this as a Christmas gift for a 2-year-old after reading reviews but was actually really disappointed. Although the idea is great, the book itself is really boring and I can't see it holding the attention of a small child. There's no enthusiasm or rhyming or anything to make it interesting, just really bland descriptions of the iconic women featured. I would recommend 'A B C, what can she be?' as an empowering book for a similar age range as that at least makes the women's jobs sound interesting and fun. Would have returned it if it wasn't so expensive to send back.

It's quite US centric and the images aren't great but the book itself is a lovely message, decent quality board book which would be a great size to take out and about

Got this for my niece's 1st birthday. Obviously a little grown up for that age but her Mum loves it! And loved that it's something a bit different. Pages are nice and thick.

I’ve bought this for lots of newbie humans and will keep doing so - great pics and message

Bought this for my 2 year old niece and she loves it!