Three Cheers for Women!

Great book delivered in good condition for good price. My neice loved it although grandpa claimed we are trying to turn her into a socialist...

Got some interesting women in it and hopefully empowering to girls aged 7-12 years. Pictures are great.

Brilliant book, lovely illustrations to keep attention

Full of information on amazing women

We have a few of Marcia Williams' Shakespeare books retelling abridged versions of the plays in comic book form so my daughter was already familiar with this presentation style. We also have several books about important and influential women in history (mummy being a history teacher and all) and she is fascinated with the stories of women and how they stood up to injustice.My only point would be from an educational process I think this is best suited for children aged 7ish and up mostly down to the chronological processes that occur in the mind around this point, many young children cannot differentiate between the recent past or present and a long time ago, not because they are silly but because the processes haven't occurred in their mind yet, so for example my 5 year old was very upset that Cleopatra and Joan of Arc died and wanted to give Octavian/King Charles & the Duke of Burgundy a piece of her mind!However it is still fun to read and useful even for younger children to just hear the stories and explore the way that people lived and thought differently about each other in the past. It's also inspiring for future feminists to anchor early that even women who lived in times where women were subjugated, starved of education and the power to bring universal change there were brave Rebels who refused to accept this life for themselves, even if it meant ultimately they did not succeed in their lifetime, their paths blazed trails for other women to follow.Personally this isn't my favourite book about women in history, the choices as a historian are a little predictable and on the large part rich white Anglocentric though I'm being a touch unfair as this is a book for children so some stories are not appropriate, however I contradict myself being as the real women in this book are discussed to have been detained in a concentration camp until dying of typhus, a few committed suicide, one burnt at the stake and another shot in the head so it's worth bearing in mind these points with younger or sensitive ones (though they left out the rape and torture of the Iceni women and the radiation poisoning of Marie Curie). I was pleased to see Mae Jemison, Cathy Freeman and Wangari Maathai as some different BAME inspirational women and nice to see a few not just in the political or STEM categories though there is no open discussion of LBTQIA+ women in this book unlike some others in this market- on that point it may have been nice to have expanded on Eleanor Roosevelt's patronage of women professionals especially the photojournalists of the Depression as an example of encouraging the philosophy of influential women to 'leave one hand free to help those behind her' just like Wangari Maathai and Mae Jemison are shown to do.Overall a good addition to a collection but not a standalone masterpiece.Many thanks to Walker books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Author Marcia Williams has written a children’s book celebrating women throughout history, starting back in Ancient Egypt with Cleopatra. Each double page celebrates the life of one woman, taking the reader on a journey of their life, comic book style.Even as an adult there were a few things that I didn’t know about some of these women – Including that Cleopatra had a son, I really don’t remember learning about that at school. There was also a couple of women I had never heard of before too.The book is very informative and includes lots of women, from royalty to activists. The author goes on to make a note about how she couldn’t include all the famous women in history and at the back has small bits of information on a few others too.I would love to see a book that would teach children about the more obscure women in history that do get overlooked, as the likes of Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth I, Marie Curie and Florence Nightingale, whilst they should be remembered and children taught about them, you will find information on them in a lot of books.For a child that craves knowledge, this book is just perfect. For young girls, this book shows them just how powerful women can be, and that it certainly isn’t a mans world but a world where men and woman can be equal.Book Reviewed on Whispering Stories Book Blog*I received a free copy of this book, which I voluntarily reviewed

This is such a brilliant, informative and fun book! A bit bigger than A4 in size, 'Three Cheers for Women' is a picture book teaching kids all about inspirational us women through history. The book covers women from ancient times such as Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, all the way to women who are still alive today, like Malala Youafzai. The book is filled with lots of thick glossy pages which have both text and lovely detailed illustrations, many arranged in a comic book style.Each double page covers the story of one woman, all arranged in that fun comic book style. There are boxes with text on the bottom, and a fun image of what's described above. As well as explaining the story of each woman, from her early life to what made/makes her so great, there are lots of little facts dotted around the edge of the page, all told by cute little birds. There are also a couple of kids on the bottom of each page which are learning the facts along the way making a fun reason to keep turning the page to see what else they will say. The book is packed with so many facts about each woman, there are so many facts I've never heard of, even of women I knew, and in some cases there are women I didn't know about, like Mary Woolstonecraft, although a little bird fact shows how she's connected to another woman who's more known! At the back of the book there are additional women listed, with a small bit of text about their achievements as well as a fun note by the author at the end.The illustrations are just perfect, so detailed and just fun to look at. Many of them are funny, with the individual characters saying funny things and even real life quotes! Each page is packed with so many images, each woman looks different and each page is just so packed full of colourful illustrations that I love looking at the book for these alone. As an adult I've really enjoyed looking at this and I know as a child I just adored books like this with so much detail and I'm sure many other kids will too.This is such a brilliant book I just love re-reading it. The book is filled with so much information and it's all told in such a simple and fun way that I think many kids, both boys and girls will enjoy reading this and looking at all the pictures. It's also a big book both in terms of size and how many pages it has so well worth getting considering how much you get. A great book I can recommend.-Thanks to Walker Books for a free copy.