Definitely a board book I'll be getting for any future nieces or daughters of mine! Loved the diversity of the girls and careers pictured. Beautiful, bright, and fun!

I received a digital ARC from the publisher via Netgalley.

There's a lot of talk these days about female empowerment. Where some might think that this book is about that they could be right but there's more to this book than that. This exposes little girls to lots of career opportunities in a very simple way. It uses some big words for little girls but that is okay. It is a sweet book for little girls. It might open the imagination to many exciting things for them. The illustrations are so cute and go with the story so well. This is a great book for little girls, pick up one for a little girl in your life.

I loved this book! As a mother of a little girl, this is exactly what I want to be reading to her. I love that it empowers young girls and weaves the alphabet into the story, so they are constantly learning. Also, the illustrations are gorgeous. I will definitely purchase this book for my daughter.

This is a colorful and informative book about different careers a young woman can become. Geared to children it tells them by the alphabet that they can be anything they want to be. I found N and Q very creative I never would have thought of those. It also gives a brief description of what the job is. I found the message in this book good for children as they can grow up to be whatever they want. I highly recommend this book for ages 4+.
I received this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

ABC What Can She Be? is a new book from the ABC for me series. It's a boardbook aimed at very young children and their caregivers. Published 02 Oct 2018 by Quarto publishing imprint Walter Foster Jr., it's 36 colorful pages. Illustrated by Jessie Ford of Sugar Snap Studio, it's an alphabet book full of dreams for girls.

I liked that the book included careers with long and demanding educational paths (neurosurgeon and quantum physicist) side by side with vocational careers (mechanic and chef). The girls pictured are ethnically diverse and differently-abled.

I am an optimist and believe that someday (soon) we won't need books telling our daughters that they can choose whatever career paths they wish to pursue, but we're not there yet. This is a sweet and non-judgemental book.

The text is written in non-rhyming free verse with a one sentence explanation of what each job entails.

Thoroughly charming. I really liked it and think it would make a nice reading group selection in a classroom setting for younger kids.

Five stars

I wish I could say that this book isn’t needed anymore, that girls <strong>know</strong> they can be anything, but no, we still need to keep saying it.

And this is such a cute book. I love all the professions that are represented, from Astronaut to zoologist.

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What an imaginative book to use both for learning your AB, B, Cs, as well as showing what jobs are out there than women can do.

THanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

A very good book – obvious, simple, but well done and not cloying. It does manage to go through the whole alphabet with every letter standing for a career a young female reader is told to aspire to (well, interior designer and hairdresser are pushing it, but I'll let it pass). But it's not just the female barrier that this tries to break down – one scientist here is wearing an Islamic-styled headscarf, and a software writer is in her wheelchair. One is even ginger. Yes, this positive affirmation that you can be anyone you want is probably unique – I for one haven't seen a similarly sexist, male-only equivalent. But letting that pass too, this is fine for the pre-school library purchaser. Good design and a sensible approach makes this book work, although some of the vocab is a bit too highly pitched.

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I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

I just had to have this book when I spotted it on Netgalley, and I want to thank the publisher for granting my wish! Eep!

This is a picture book featuring ABCs of all the things a girl can do and be (the answer to that should be everything and anything she wants). From Astronauts to Firefighters to Mechanics to Writers.

Each job also has a description with what that job means in, of course, simple language (because there is more to being something, for instance an engineer than just building and understanding how things fit). So now you can see what jobs you can with fun illustrations, but also learn what it means to do that job. Oh, and I liked that they didn't just pick the simplest jobs, but also went for jobs like Software Engineers, Quantum Physicist, UN Ambassador.

I loved the diversity in the book. You will see girls of every colour, with different hair styles, bodies.

I just adore the style of the illustrations. They are so cute (and colourful).

And I loved that we see all the girls at the end in one long line with flags and everything. And of course their respective ABCs and jobs.

All in all, definitely a book I would recommend. Show the world what we girls can do! Everything! Anything we want! Go!

This colourful board book goes through an alphabet of work options available for girls when they grow up. I really appreciated the diversity in this book, in the jobs explored and the girls pictured. The jobs traverse traditional male and female jobs, from pilots and teachers to yoga instructors and quantum physicists.

Because girls from around the world are represented, young girls looking through this book should be able to identify personally with at least one girl. There are girls with blonde hair, red hair and dark hair. One girl is wearing a hijab. Another is in a wheelchair. Girls are wearing dresses, skirts, pants and uniforms.

I would have liked P to be for president but the end of the book does specify that the jobs mentioned are only some of the options so I’d be adding that one if I read this to a young girl.

“O is for Optometrist. She checks our eyes to make sure we see clearly.”

Because this is a board book I had hoped it would be told in rhyme and was disappointed that it wasn’t. It was written in a down to earth way that makes the different jobs easy to understand but I found it a bit too matter of fact. This is the type of book I expect people would buy for a baby shower but I couldn’t imagine myself wanting to read it over and over.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Walter Foster Jr. for granting my wish to read this book.

In bright cheerful pictures, and with simple and straightforward text, Jessie Ford has delivered a perfect book for young children! Suitable for both girls and boys, and offering occupations from all areas of life, this is an ideal book for home and school libraries.