Fortune Girls - Building Girls' Self Esteem

As a mom of a young lady, I know the day will come when my sweet princess is overcome with all things teenage! I hope that along the journey with my daughter that I can foster a healthy relationship that encourages her self-esteem while guiding her to making smart decisions. While I have a few years before I will have a teenager, I do support any mission out there that helps to build up health esteem in young tween and teenage girls. 

When I was first introduced to the Fortune Girls, their mission stood out to me as a solid message for young girls everywhere.Their campaign is to empower tween to believe in themselves and encourage them to pursue their goals. In my opinion, there is no better mission for the young women in our world. I love what Fortune Girls is doing for girls and their self-esteem.

Who are the Fortune Girls?

Created by a smart and creative tween, Madison Ruiz, and her mom, Barbara, Fortune Girls is a movement to encourage, empower, and support young women in their development to pursuing their dreams. With a posse of characters, a virtual world, television series, publishing, dolls, toys, music, video games, and so much more, Fortune Girls is establishing itself as a multi-cultural, multi-media brand that highlights strong traits in the young women of our society. Fortune Girls is focused on bringing together tweens and teens to dream big for their futures. 

Read more about their mission & accomplishments

Learn more about Fortune Girls: http://youtu.be/BIP94RtY2HI

Always Say You're Sorry: http://youtu.be/cQUdwV_7Ntw 

I Miss You: http://youtu.be/w4OYVtNtjB0

Join their Mission by supporting their Kickstarter campaign. Like them on Facebook. Follow them on Twitter @FortuneGirls.

Until Next Time,

Katie

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Book Review: Faux Paw by Julia Dweck

Book Review: Faux Paw by Julia Dweck

As parents we want to encourage our children to dream big, think outside the box, and be themselves. In Julia Dweck's latest children's ebook, Faux Paw, Waldon Bear's mom does just that. She encourages him to embrace his dreams and live them out loud despite his teacher and friends. And when it looks like Waldon's dreams to be a bear are about to run out, Waldon's mom shows up to support her little man and his big dream. 

Faux Paw is a light-hearted story with a big message. As always, Julia captures a great kid's story with fun characters and pure imagination. Illustrator, Walter Carzon, adds more zip to each character's expression, including a less-than-encouraging teacher.

My oldest enjoyed the story and silliness of Waldon's character, but it was also led us to a fun conversation about what we would want to be when we grow up (P.S. - she tells me I'm already there.). We both have enjoyed reading Julia's e-books for kids, and the character themed facts are an educational bonus for older kids.

I am a fan of Julia's books. Faux Paw is on Amazon for $3.99. Be sure to download a copy for your kids.

Until Next Time,

Katie

Learn more about author Julia Dweck and her collection of titles on her website JuleLoves2Write and follow her on Facebook.

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Book Review: Humpfree the Humpless Camel

Book Review: Humpfree the Humpless Camel

The newest story from Julia Dweck is a charming story of one camel's journey to embracing his differences to know that he is special. This problem-solving camel tries with all his might to find his humps before a stranger tells him how special he really is. 

This book has a heartfelt message to kids. Julia captures the plight of this humpless camel with an equal balance of critical thinking and light-hearted adventure. Illustrator, Young-Min Yoon, gives a great visual interpretation of the story with a lovable camel character on his journey.

My youngest was particularly infatuated with Humpfree since one of his favorite songs from school is "Alex the Camel". So we had lots of fun discussions about Humpfree finding his humps, but Alex was losing his humps. Either way, we loved this book. My oldest found the camel fun facts at the end of the book fascinating.

Humpfree the Humpless Camel is currently on presale on Amazon and will be available on 10/5 for purchase and download.

Until Next Time,

Katie

Learn more about author Julia Dweck and her collection of titles on her website JuleLoves2Write and follow her on Facebook.

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Book Review: Mary Had A Sleepy Sheep by Julia Dweck

Book Review: Mary Had A Sleepy Sheep by Julia Dweck

A classic nursery rhyme turned on its head with silliness. We loved this story! My kiddos were giggling through every page of Mary's adventure with her sleepy sheep. Julia Dweck captures the essence of the nursery rhyme we all know in love in this new adventure Mary Had A Sleepy Sheep.

From a her mother who kicks the sheep out to the resourceful ways Mary tries to keep her sheep awake, this is a fun adventure with a little twist at the end. Julia delights us with additional activities at the end of the book. And illustrator, Wilson Williams, Jr, captured the ridiculousness of the story in each characters expressions, making my kids giggle even more at all the action happening on the page.

If your kids like silly books, Mary Had A Sleepy Sheep, is a great book to have on hand. The rhyming cadence makes it easy to read, but is a great level for my beginning reader to try her hand at the simple language used. This book is age appropriate for families with a wide span of young children.

You can buy Mary Had A Sleepy Sheep on Amazon for $3.19.

Until Next Time,

Katie

 Learn more about author Julia Dweck and her collection of titles on her website JuleLoves2Write and follow her on Facebook.

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