Sinem Erkas

This book puts me on a fence balancing between, do I like, it, do I not. The story did what any good story should do, it taught me things I didn’t know. I had no idea Oprah was a news anchor, or that she wore flour sack dresses. I have not been a lifelong follower of Oprah so this book was very informative. I came to know Oprah more after the couch jumping incident. What I find interesting, are the things the author chooses to include in this story, as well as what they choose to leave show more out. Nowhere does it mention that Oprah started school in places where girls could not get an education. But it does mention her “Favorite Things” episodes, and the car giveaway. I find it unusual the mention the free cars because of the back lash dealing with taxes that each person had to pay to accept those cars. I don’t know what really happened, but shouldn't this be mentioned, or the car story left out of the tale? On top of all that is the writing. I know this book is written with children in mind, but it also reads like it was written by a novice. Word choices and sentence structure is odd in places, and it reads more like a spoken word presentation than a book. I was expecting this to be a picture book but it was set up as a chapter book, full of illustrations. I would like to see a finished edition as this review is based off a digital galley, and as such funny things happen with the layout. The paper cut illustrations are masterfully done and deserve more presence then what is seen in the digital galley. If you want to introduce a young reader to someone you admire this book would work, but I think it can, and has been done better.
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Work It, Girl: Michelle Obama is one seriously motivational tale that I'd highly recommend for young middle grade and teen readers.

Michelle Obama is a girl's girl. She is seriously cool, wickedly smart and super talented. If there's going to be an inspiring little biography of a woman, she's definitely the woman you'd want to pick! Michelle's story isn't simple and easy, but it shows that hard work can pay off. She went to law school, worked hard, and got things done! At times her life was show more tough, but she got through it and proved (and still proves) that women are absolutely strong and amazing! Her tale is honestly inspiring.

There's so many incredible pieces of art and so many motivational quotes in this book it's unbelievable. I would have ate this book up as a kid! It's reassuring to know there's some really powerful and strong women that kids can look up to.

The art style really stood out to me. There's lots of colours and a unique cut-out style look. I'm truly impressed by that. It stands out really well. Mix it in with the amazing quotes they outline, and it's perfect.

I can't really see any faults to this book. It is not many pages (under one hundred) but it does have a lot of words. I wouldn't recommend it for very young readers, but middle grade would be the youngest.

I'd highly recommend this book. I honestly think it's fantastic. My socks are blown off! No surprise - Michelle's the boss.

Five out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Frances Lincoln Children's Books for this amazing opportunity to review this book. show less