Welcome to the Girls Can Blog Tour!
To close out Women’s History Month, please join us for a week-long celebration of extraordinary
women and their remarkable accomplishments, drive, and tenacity. Each stop along the tour will
feature fascinating insights from the talented trio of female authors behind National Geographic
Kids’ Girls Can!: Smash Stereotypes, Defy Expectations, and Make History!, as well as profiles and interviews with groundbreaking women around the world and across time.
Sports & Adventure
Author Q&A: Whose story surprised you the most?
Tora: I was most surprised by Angela Mao (Lady Whirlwind). She’s one of the most unsung heroes of our time. America has a love for Kung Fu Masters on the silver screen and her amazing story needed to be told.
Mars: I learned so much about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League! I wasn’t super familiar with the history of baseball and to know that not only were women a significant part of the story, they were AMAZING at playing is so exciting.
Paige: I had seen Edmonia Lewis’ amazing sculptures before, but I had no idea about the adversity she overcame or the barriers she broke as a woman who was both black and Ojibwe.
Blog Tour Schedule:
March 29th – Novel Novice
March 30th – Pragmatic Mom
March 31st – Book Briefs
April 1st – Rockin’ Book Reviews
April 2nd – The Fandom
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Girls Can? Innovate! Discover! Create! Lead nations AND rule kingdoms.
Girls can change the world!
This book puts to rest the tired adages of things girls “can’t” do with powerful proof that girls not only CAN, but they DO!
This book puts to rest the tired adages of things girls “can’t” do with powerful proof that girls not only CAN, but they DO!
Featuring profiles of over 75 remarkable women from across centuries and around the world, from math whiz Katherine Johnson to legendary leaders like Queen Elizabeth I, game changers like Serena Williams to avant-garde artists like Frida Kahlo, and so many more, you’ll discover amazing, diverse women, both famous and little-known, who smashed stereotypes, overcame odds, and achieved their goals.
With interviews and encouraging advice from world-changing women of today such as media mogul Oprah Winfrey, philanthropist Melinda Gates, renowned journalist Christiane Amanpour, National Geographic explorers and planet protectors like Sylvia Earle, and more, as well as concrete tips for breaking barriers and raising your voice, this inspirational book will have you ready to follow in the footsteps of women who made-and are making-history.
You’ll see that not only some Girls Can – you can!
About the Authors:
TORA PRUDEN is a social media manager and the director of brand growth at Equality for Her. She also works as a freelance journalist and culture critic.
Follow Tora: Instagram | Twitter
MARISSA SEBASTIAN is a social media coordinator and the co-creator of the social media positivity movement #Blackoutday, which aims to promote the positive representation and presence of African Americans on social media.
Follow Marissa: Instagram | Twitter
PAIGE TOWLER writes poetry, has co-authored books, and was a children’s book editor at National Geographic Kids for five years.
GIVEAWAY
● One (1) winner will receive a hardcover copy of Girls Can!
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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Selected as one of 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023 by dPICTUS and featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
- Starred review from School Library Journal
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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“What groundbreaking woman past or present would you like to know more about?” Elizabeth I is always fascinating!
Beverly Cleary – my daughter and I have been talking a lot about her the past few days in light of her recent passing.