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Starred Review on August 1, 2017 | Elementary
Gr 3 Up—Yousafzai, the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and campaigner for the rights of all children to attend school, has written her first picture book. It is an autobiographical account of her life designed for younger readers. She gently introduces her childhood in Pakistan and recounts a favorite TV show where a young boy has a magic pencil that he uses to help people. The magic pencil becomes a reoccurring motif throughout the work on how to make the world a better place. Of the infamous Taliban...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2017
As a girl, Malala Yousafzai enjoyed a TV show about a boy who used a magic pencil to solve problems. In child-friendly text, she first describes what she would do if she had a magic pencil: "stop time so I could sleep an extra hour every morning...erase the smell of the trash dump near our house." She wondered about her own dreams and the dreams of other girls. In her society, would they have the opportunity to fulfill their dreams? If she had that magic pencil she could chang...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2018
As a girl, Malala Yousafzai enjoyed a TV show about a boy who used a magic pencil to solve problems. In child-friendly text, she first describes what she would do if she had a magic pencil: "stop time so I could sleep an extra hour every morning...erase the smell of the trash dump near our house." She wondered about her own dreams and the dreams of other girls. In her society, would they have the opportunity to fulfill their dreams? If she had that magic pencil she could chang...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
