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Strong Is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves
Strong Is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves | Kate T Parker
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DreesReads
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This book celebrates the strength of girls in all its forms: physical, mental, artistic, athletic, and more. It also celebrates friendship and talent. Parker‘s magnificent photos, short quotes, and intro paragraphs to each chapter pull together the themes. Great for girls of all ages. #photography

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olivia.ferz
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Hell yeah!!!

Pic from instagram (@thebookoholics)

Jennick2004 🤣💜 5y
Eggs Amen 5y
LazyDays Yes!😆🙌 5y
RadicalReader @olivia.ferz 😂😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 love this post crying from laughter after reading it. Where did you find such a gem?! 5y
readinginthedark Ain't that the truth! Everyone's always asking me if I need help lifting totes of books at work. I do this every day! 5y
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OrangeMooseReads
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FINALLY! Happiness is a box.

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Amanda23
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#beauty #coolbooks @Linsy
Not a fairytale but something we all need to read.

Linsy Truth! 🙌 6y
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erzascarletbookgasm
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Pink‘s #justlikefire song is ultimately about ‘a girl being the captain of her own ship‘.
This is a powerful book containing over 175 portraits of girls doing what they love, and owning their strength. Parker dedicated the book to her two daughters, with the message - “be strong, be yourself, be honest and celebrate who you are.”

#getmovin

Cathythoughts I love ❤️ that title 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
Cinfhen So good!! Such a great interpretation for today‘s title!!! 6y
eanderson Love it!!! 6y
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glitterkitty459
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I picked this up randomly at the library, and I'm so glad I did!
The photos are beautiful and I loved all the quotes😁 #girlpower

JoScho 🙌🏼❤️🙌🏼 6y
BookNerd9906 ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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TGJ
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We read Strong is the New Pretty, to our 1 year old daughter from time to time. One night we woke up to her like this. She‘d gotten the book off the shelf in the middle of the night and fallen asleep with it! I was a proud mama #bedtimestories

BookMaven407 Such a sweet picture. 6y
TGJ Thank you @BookMaven407! 6y
Kristy_K 😍 6y
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Laura317 Precious! 💕 6y
TGJ @Laura317 @Kristy_K thank you so much!!! 6y
sprainedbrain Awwww. So sweet! ❤️ 6y
UrsulaMonarch 💚📚💚📚💚 6y
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Kaylamburson
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Moving on up! I got to move cubes today, so now I have a window seat! This is the cleanest my cube will probably ever be as I'm usually drowning in piles of books. But for now, they are lined up nicely on my shelves.

mcipher Nice! I wish my cube was drowning in books. It‘s usually just messy notebooks and random scraps of paper! 😕 6y
Kaylamburson I wouldn't mind so much if all the books were mine. I have to mail them out to other people 😕lol. Hopefully it makes them happy though!! @mcipher 6y
mcipher Oh no! Hello and goodbye, huh? 😜 6y
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Kaylamburson I get to stare at them lovingly for a little bit, hahaha. @mcipher 6y
robinb @Kaylamburson that sounds like a great way to make other people happy....sending some book ❤️ their way. 👍🙌👏 6y
Kaylamburson For sure!! Just gotta convince them to buy some after they get the samples 😉 @robinb 6y
Beckys_Books Impressed with your efficiency. I moved offices 6 months ago and still haven't unpacked three large boxes! 6y
Kaylamburson Haha luckily I moved over one cube, so I didn't bother to box anything. I just carried it over. It helped that someone else needed my cube, so I had to be efficient! @Beckys_Books 6y
MinDea What do you do for a living? I always wonder how one starts working in the book business! My idea of "the book business" would be reading free books all day!! ? 6y
Kaylamburson I work at Workman Publishing in their Special Markets Sales department. Essentially I sell all of our books to various accounts and find new business. I don't really get to read all day, but I'm surrounded by books and get to basically recommend titles all day long! When I interned at a literary agency I got to read all day! Although it was usually terrible manuscripts that I then had to reject and crush an author's dreams... @MinDea 6y
MinDea Well, the crushing of dreams doesn't sound great 🤔😲... but your current job sounds interesting!! 6y
Kaylamburson Lol it was always hard, but I did enjoy all the reading. But I do love my current job! I get to hand-pick books to pitch to accounts that I think would work for them. So many different types of retailers and wholesalers from subscription boxes, to museums, online retailers like Zola, Zulily, and Food52, and mail order catalogs! @MinDea 6y
MinDea Uhhh yup, that sounds so cool!!! 6y
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Kaylamburson
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This is one of my favorite books and perfect for #feministfriday in the #awesomeautumnbooks challenge!

There are so many empowering and gorgeous photographs and quotes in this book!!

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WanderingBookaneer
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This is 1/2 the book haul!
Books & Books was amazing! ❤️ #GetIndie

Kristy_K I love the two books by Kwame Alexander! 7y
youngreadrshelf Now you just have to get them home. I know wondering how many I can fit in my luggage has curtailed my buying. 😞 7y
WanderingBookaneer @Kristy_K : I already have them at school, but these are autographed copies. 7y
WanderingBookaneer @youngreadrshelf : I already shipped them using the USPS. 7y
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Marla
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I work at a 100% privately funded nonprofit that strives to inspire and ignite women and girls through sports and this book embodies what we strive to see in young girls. I absolutely love this book! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

AmandaRae I love this cover. My daughter is a competition swimmer. 7y
Librarianaut I acquired it for my school library- it stayed checked out until the end of the school year. 7y
Librarianaut My niece is a gymnast; to celebrate her making it to regionals, I gave a copy to her. I love this book! 7y
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Kaylamburson
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If you're at #BookCon17, come stop by the Workman booth and say hello!!

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Krisjericho
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Pickpick

Inspiring and empowering. A photographic celebration of the strength, determination, and fearlessness of girls being themselves. I can't wait to share it with my daughters. And my sons.

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Kaylamburson
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As a former cheerleader, this is probably one of my favorites!

"I have a smile on my lips, my hands on my hips, and spirit in my heart. Cheerleaders can jump, kick, toss, tumble, fly, catch, stunt, and be fierce--all in a bow." - Caroline R., age 15

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Kaylamburson
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"The liberation, thrill, and excitement when I climb into the cockpit is indescribable to those who have not taken the controls in their own hands. The sky is not the limit--it's just a view." - Aris, age 16

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Kaylamburson
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I am in love with this book! So many inspirational young women who are kicking butt! I may have to post a few quotes.

"I was really scared for my first triathlon. My mom took this shot of me the night before and told me that even though I was afraid to race, to try to look tough and fearless. I did, and when my mom showed me this shot, it made me believe I could be as tough as I look." - Ella, Age 9

Amanda23 Love this. I think girls of all ages should read this book. 7y
Kaylamburson Agreed @Amanda23! It features girls ages 4-19, but I think it's applicable to adults, too! 7y
lauralovesbooks1 I love this!!! 7y
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JenP
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My husband received a copy of this book for our daughter. It's all kinds of wonderful. A photobook featuring girls doing all kinds of inspiring things with quotes from each girl. Beautiful and powerful images.

saresmoore Very cool! 7y
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merelybookish
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Going with #girlpower for today's #muscles theme. I haven't read the book but have visited the blog. Lots of wonderful photographs of girls being athletic, active, silly, and strong.
#aprilbookshowers @RealLifeReading

Cinfhen 💚💪🏼 7y
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Christine
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Unexpected bookmail from a friend after she hears your library doesn't have a book she recommended is definitely one of the best kinds of bookmail. 👭📚💝

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kyraleseberg
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Sunday morning reads 📖📚💗

ReadingSusan Love Click magazine! 7y
kyraleseberg @ReadingSusan So do I! Lots of inspiration in every issue 😊 7y
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kyraleseberg
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We are soooooo excited that our copy arrived today! Kate T. Parker has created an amazing photo project to empower girls and I can already tell this book will be well-loved in our home!

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TheSloanRanger
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Home from getting a new tattoo and settling down to finish the last few pages of this truly wonderful book of photographs. Cannot recommend it enough - particularly if you're a young woman like me who could use a bit of an emotional boost. The girls featured in this are just incredible, with advice I know I could definitely stand to take, and the photos are stunning. Absolutely fantastic. #girlpower

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TheSloanRanger
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I am so excited to read this book!
#strongisthenewpretty #girlpower #netgalley

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AliceInWonderLibrary
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So good. Beautiful photography and it captures what it feels like to grow up as a girl and face the world.

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