Dreams for Our Daughters

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Warm, loving rhymes and tenderly detailed illustrations help readers imagine the thousands of adventures up ahead. The artwork is by turns whimsical, adventurous and energetic, addressing current issues such as climate change, Pride and the comparative importance of inner and outer beauty. A star-scattered night, a new baby boy, and all the potential in the world… This is a poetic introduction to what it means to be a boy in the challenging times we live in, and all of the dazzling possibilities that await him. A perfect gift for baby showers, graduations, and other celebrations, Dreams for Our Daughters is a book girls will treasure throughout their lives.

Perfect to share with little ones teaching them to dream big and have the self belief to be whoever you want to be.Her work has been nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Illustration Award and shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize, The Klaus Flugge Prize for Picturebook Illustration and the AOI Illustration Awards. 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. The illustrations – vibrant and lively in a rich, warm palette – show young girls exploring the world and vividly express the hopes and joy contained in the text. The wind whispers a welcome: we’ve been waiting for you, for the joy-making, groundbreaking magic you’ll do. Also, a wonderful book to aid with mental health education as it is calm, reassuring, honest and hopeful.

Striking to look at and exhilarating to read aloud, this is very special and a lovely book to give to any little girl" - Andrea Reece, LoveReading4Kids You may also be interested in. 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. It takes me back to that sense of anticipation that is both longing and dread, but captures the heart of how I felt about her: So never be labeled as less than you are. It will make you yearn to be young again, ready to take on the world and all of the many opportunities and possibilities it offers. A glorious tale encouraging young girls to become leaders, to know their potential and believe in their worth.

Her picturebooks are published in more than 10 languages and have been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, The Klaus Flugge Prize and the Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year Award. POETRY Dreams for Our Daughters By Ruth Doyle, Illustrated by Ashling Lindsay, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2020, 32 pp. Created using watercolor, watercolor pencil, and digital media according to the publisher's note, the illustrations are detailed and engaging.

Striking to look at and exhilarating to read aloud, this is very special and a lovely book to give to any little girl. It’s a prophetic word of what could be, what is hoped for, and what may come to pass, if only we allow our young girls the freedom to dream. In this blog I hope to review 'books for boys' that I feel will help parents and primary school staff to pick stimulating stories to share with boys and girls too! Please contact your hosting provider to ensure that an up-to-date and valid SSL certificate issued by a Certificate Authority is configured for this domain name on the origin server.

With the empowerment of girls at its heart, it could so easily have fallen into the trap of being a book that you think you ‘should’ read rather than want to, but it is something else entirely.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The companion book to Songs for our Sons, this is a truly stunning gift for children and parents at any key life moment, from birth to graduation. This is a book that has never been needed more and I could not recommend its joyousness any more highly.Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Ruth Doyle and Ashling Lindsay put into words and illustrations the dreams of parents: dreams for a happy, prosperous, and fulfilling life for their children. While the poetic story seems to encourage a "save the World" ecology goal, taken as a whole, it is only a part of the totality of this sweet book.