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A Girl Can Build Anything

By e.E. Charlton-Trujillo and Pat Zietlow Miller
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A Girl Can Build Anything is an empowering children's book that celebrates creativity and resilience, encouraging young girls to pursue their passions in building and design. Through vibrant illustrations and inspiring prose, it reinforces the message that with imagination and determination, girls have the power to construct and create anything they set their minds to.
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You might enjoy this book if you're looking for an inspiring and empowering story that encourages creativity and confidence in children. It celebrates the idea that with imagination and determination, young girls can accomplish anything they set their minds to. This book is perfect for nurturing a love of building, dreaming big, and embracing one's unique potential.

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A brilliant, inclusive ode to self-expression, girl power, and the many things readers can create.

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A brilliant, inclusive ode to self-expression, girl power, and the many things readers can create.

Have you ever dreamed of building something? Maybe something little — like a birdhouse? Or something big — like a skyscraper? If you can envision it, you can build it!

A Girl Can Build Anything is a playful celebration of all the different ways girls can make things — from tinkering to tool wielding, from ideas on paper to big, lived-out dreams that require brick and mortar.

This fun and empowering ode to self-expression will inspire readers to jump up and immediately start to build. Because they can. They can do anything!

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A Girl Can Build Anything by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo and Pat Zietlow Miller is celebrated for its inspiring and empowering message for young readers, reflecting on what girls can achieve. Reviewers highlight its joyful, cheerful, and inclusive storytelling, with emphasis on imagination, teamwork, and creativity, encouraging girls to turn their ideas into reality. The book's engaging details are noted to boost confidence, motivating children to work together to innovate and create.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593463741

Publisher: Penguin USA

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 April 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Viking Books for Young Readers

Illustration: FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Keisha Morris

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 211.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational e.E. Charlton-Trujillo Pat Zietlow Miller Penguin Books Young Adult

About the Author

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo is a Mexican American author, filmmaker, and co-founder of the nonprofit Never Counted Out. Trujillo has written several award-winning YA and middle grade novels, and they are also the co-author of Lupe Lopez- Rock Star Rules and Lupe Lopez- Reading Rock Star with New York Times bestselling author Pat Zietlow Miller. They live in Texas. You can visit e.E. Charlton-Trujillo online at EECharlton-Trujillo.com or follow them on Twitter @PinataDirector. Pat Zietlow Miller is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of many picture books, including, Sophie's Squash, Wherever You Go, Be Kind, Remarkably You, When You Are Brave, Be Strong, What Can You Do with a Rock?, and many others. She lives with her family in Wisconsin. You can visit Pat Zietlow Miller online at PatZietlowMiller.com or follow her on Twitter @PatZMiller. Keisha Morris is a freelance writer and illustrator for picture books and a member of SCBWI who loves getting to create characters whose personalities jump off the page. She earned her BFA in illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Keisha is the illustrator of several books for children, including For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World, When My Cousins Come to Town, When the Schools Shut Down, and others. Keisha lives with her wife, daughter, and two crazy cats in Maryland. You can visit Keisha Morris online at KeishaMorris.com or follow her on Twitter@Kekkerz and on Instagram @Kekkerz86.

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