BOOK REVIEW: BEAUTIFUL GIRL by CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP

I have been a huge fan of Christiane Northrop for some time.  Northrup's books and talks on women's health are wonderful - well researched, detailed, informative and empowering. So, I was pretty excited to discover that she had written a book for young girls.

'Beautiful Girl: Celebrating the Wonders of Your Body', has been written for little girls aged 2-5.  This is not a 'where-do-I-come-from' book, it is a book about developing a positive attitude towards being a girl and having a girls body.  The book is filled with opportunity for all sorts of discussion with your little girl.

A garden is filled with delicate plants and tiny creatures.
As you walk among them, you are careful with them.
You should be just as careful with your own body.
Treat it gently and make sure that others treat it gently too.  (Beautiful Girl, Northrup. C, 2012)

Illustration by Aurelie Blanz

Aurelie Blanz created the illustrations in the book, and they are simply gorgeous!  A stand alone reason for purchase. I shared the book with Lilli (9) and we ooohed and ahhhed over the illustrations together.  With the text, she was a little bit "yes I know all that" (I would have loved to have had this book when she was younger), but even still, certain parts of the book gave me the opportunity to open up lines of discussion that were new to us.
Lilli gave the book 4/5 (she is a little bit older than the age group it is aimed at and not old enough to appreciate it from an adults perspective).   I gave it 5/5.