Because I Am a Girl: I Can Change the World

Rosemary McCarney, President and CEO of Plan International Canada, has followed up the her popular picture book Every Day is Malala Day with a book for middle grade readers, also inspired by her international development work. Working with Plan, Rosemary helped craft its Because I am a Girl global initiative to end gender inequality, promote girls' rights, and lift millions of girls out of poverty, and helped lead the charge for the United Nations to declare October 11th the "International Day of the Girl" - a day each year to recognize and advocate for girls' rights globally. This book illustrates the Because I am a Girl call to change by telling the stories of individual girls throughout the world. They tell us: "Because I am a girl, I eat if there is food left over when everyone is done" and "I am the poorest of the poor." The later stories are about hope, with chapters like "Because I am a girl, I will share what I know" and " I am the heart of my community" and "I can change the world." Illustrated with Plan's amazing photographs and including "Did You Know" fact sections.

Author: Rosemary McCarney
Publisher: Second Story Press
Published: 10/11/2014
Pages: 72
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.30h x 7.90w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9781927583449
Audience: Ages 9-12


Award: Independent Publisher Book Awards - Bronze Medal Winner


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2014
Quill & Quire 11/01/2014 pg. 39
School Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 153
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2015

About the Author
McCarney, Rosemary: - Rosemary McCarney is Canada's Ambassador to the Office of the United Nations in Geneva and past President and CEO of Plan Canada. She is the author of the internationally best-selling Every Day is Malala Day, Because I Am a Girl: I Can Change the World, The Way to School, and the Rosie the Red series.Albaugh, Jen: - Jen Albaugh is a former elementary school teacher and librarian currently working as a freelance writer and editor in Toronto who is greatly inspired by the work of Plan and the Because I am a Girl initiative.Plan International: - Plan International is one of the world's oldest and largest international charities, working in partnership with millions of people around the world to end global poverty. Not for profit, independent and inclusive of all faiths and cultures, Plan has only one agenda: to improve the lives of children.

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