![]() ![]() Introductions: For younger grades, the book may be read aloud to encourage students share information about themselves at the beginning of the school year. A blank space welcomes in the reader and asks, “Who are you?” The printed patterns and designs cut into geometric shapes strengthen the feel of the dreamlike state, inviting the reader back again and again to play. Back matter displays a determined multicultural group of girls with descriptions of their dreams. They dress up and walk through the neighborhood passing the scenes from their dreams to aspire high like the sky.Ĭrisp photo-collage illustrations portray the girls as strong and a bit mischievous in their dreamscapes, flying through the air, perched tall atop a building, and swimming deep in the ocean, through the waves. In their dreams they are flying, climbing, swimming, and playing dress-up, but everyone yells at the girls to Stop! And “be like everyone else!” The three girls as a trio of main characters meet up and conspire to live their dreams. ![]() The simple verse of “A Girl Like Me” celebrates girls everywhere. Themes: Dare to Dream, Reject Limitations ![]()
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