Girls: Ordinary Girls and Their Extraordinary Pursuits

This makes a great gift and terrific coffee table book, which is where I have it displayed. Three sisters take a two year journey across America and interview all kinds of girls across the land. Girls who succeed in inspirational ways, girls who succeed against the odds, girls who succeed just becasue of the kind of girls they are. You meet prodigies, you meet artists, activists, poets, basically you meet ordinary girls with extraordinary goals and aspirations. This book not only looks at WHAT these girls do, but WHY they do what they do - what motivates them? Accompanying these wonderful short studies are incredible photographs. An enchanting book that will appeal to every generation.

This books makes me teary-eyed at times I think it is so amazing. I would have LOVED having this as a teenager and would have gained such inspiration and friendship from the girls portrayed. The title decrsibes the book so well -- these are ordinary girls who do some one thing extraordinarily. I think that's really important because the readers will not be intimidated or feel that this kind of success is unattainable for them. Instead, I think they'll feel that they could be like these girls - and there are so many girls out there who are already amazing like the ones in the book. I bought this book for my 4 year old daughter and so look forward to her gaining encouragement, and inspiration, and joy from GIRLS.

I gave this great book to my college-age daughter and she really loved it. She gave it to her room mate who read it and gave it to someone else, and now we've lost the thing. I would highly reccommend that every father give it to his daughter, but in order to get pumped up himself, he should read it first.

I'm a new father of a girl and I found this book inspired and inspiring. The photographs are beautiful and the essays cover a variety of girls doing amazing things. It's the perfect gift for that special girl you know. It shows that girls lives are as large as they want them to be.

The photographs in this gorgeous book are stunning, and the texts by writers Jenny and Martha McPhee are moving, vivid, wildly readable works of short prose. This is not just a book for the coffee table or children--it's surprisingly good.