Girls Hold Up This World »

"We are sisters of this Earth -- members of one powerful tribe. /Every color, shape, and size, we're united by beauty inside." Artistic photographs enhance the positive message of Jada Pinkett Smith's inspiring poem. A renowned actress and loving mother, Smith brings warmth and heart to this celebration of young women. While so many girls today struggle with self-doubt, this poem focuses on the power ALL girls have within them, regardless of color or creed. This is the perfect book for mothers, daughters, sisters and friends to give and to share again and again.

Publishers Weekly

A bevy of books celebrates all things female. "We girls hold up this world with a strength that's all our own,/ We'll see the different ways one day when we are grown," begins Girls Hold Up This World by Jada Pinkett Smith, an exuberant photoessay. Donyell Kennedy-McCullough's photos of girls smiling, pondering, turning cartwheels in the grass and practicing ballet poses at the barre includes a cast of girls of "Every color, age, and size, we're united by beauty inside." Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.