


She stands at the height of 5 feet 9 inches and weighs about 60 kg. Physical Appearance Angela Victoria is a beautiful lady with a slim body. By nationality, she is an American and belongs to the African-American ethnicity. This is not trite girl-power pablum it’s a rallying cry for girls to reject limitations others might place on them and their dreams.įrom the March/April 2020Horn Book Magazine. Angela Victoria Johnsons daughter, Chloe Chrisley.

Subsequent spreads show each girl recounting fantastic dreams, which position them as superheroes “in Supergirl underwear…in flowing scarves and a cowgirl hat.” They fly, stand atop tall buildings, and dive deep into oceans but most importantly, they resist others’ warnings, denials, and chastisement about “a girl like you.” As the story goes on, more young women join the scenes, offering an ever-broadening depiction of girlhood the closing spread, featuring headshots of each of the participants, coupled with her own words about her dreams, grounds this interpretation in the lived realities of real children. S&S, 15.95 (128pp) ISBN 978-3-6 'I think its like walking barefoot in a room full of broken glass, when someone you love goes away,' notes the bereaved young. “I always dream,” reads the opening line, and the accompanying illustration presents close-ups of three young women of color, their eyes closed, against a patterned background of blues and purples. The theme of the story is about girls and their strength. Johnson’s upbeat text, paired with Crews’s innovative, exuberant photo collages, delivers a message of encouragement and empowerment. A girl like me is a childrens poetry book written by Angela Johnson and illustrated by Nina Crews. It seems not even the sky’s the limit for the imaginative, adventurous, inventive girls depicted in this inspirational picture book.
