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Girls being fearless. Girls being silly. Girls being wild, stubborn, and proud. Girls whose faces are smeared with dirt and lit up with joy. So simple and yet so powerful, Strong Is the New Pretty celebrates, through more than 175 memorable photographs, the strength and spirit of girls being 100% themselves.
Real beauty isn't about being a certain size, acting a certain way, wearing the right clothes, or having your hair done (or even brushed). Real beauty is about being your authentic self and owning it. Kate T. Parker is a professional photographer who finds the real beauty in girls, capturing it for all the world to see in candid and arresting images.
A celebration, a catalog of spirit in words and smiles, an affirmation of the fact that it's what's inside you that counts, “Strong Is the New Pretty” conveys a powerful message for every girl, for every mother and father of a girl, for every coach and mentor and teacher, for everyone in the village that it takes to raise a strong and self-confident person.
Do them a favor and remind these girls of their strength. Remind each other of your strength. Often. Write it down if you need to: the ways in which you are smart, the ways in which you are qualified, the ways in which you are strong. Put them on your wall, say them out loud-internalize them. Believe them. Remind these girls of their strength. Don't let them waste any precious time wishing they looked like anyone else. Your daughter, your niece, your sister, your cousin-she looks and acts and sings and walks and talks and works and plays like herself.
CONTENTS
Introduction
1. CONFIDENT IS STRONG
2. WILD IS STRONG
3. RESILIENT IS STRONG
4. CREATIVE IS STRONG
5. DETERMINED IS STRONG
6. KIND IS STRONG
7. FEARLESS IS STRONG
8. JOYFUL IS STRONG
9. INDEPENDENT IS STRONG
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Real beauty isn't about being a certain size, acting a certain way, wearing the right clothes, or having your hair done (or even brushed). Real beauty is about being your authentic self and owning it. Kate T. Parker is a professional photographer who finds the real beauty in girls, capturing it for all the world to see in candid and arresting images.
A celebration, a catalog of spirit in words and smiles, an affirmation of the fact that it's what's inside you that counts, “Strong Is the New Pretty” conveys a powerful message for every girl, for every mother and father of a girl, for every coach and mentor and teacher, for everyone in the village that it takes to raise a strong and self-confident person.
Do them a favor and remind these girls of their strength. Remind each other of your strength. Often. Write it down if you need to: the ways in which you are smart, the ways in which you are qualified, the ways in which you are strong. Put them on your wall, say them out loud-internalize them. Believe them. Remind these girls of their strength. Don't let them waste any precious time wishing they looked like anyone else. Your daughter, your niece, your sister, your cousin-she looks and acts and sings and walks and talks and works and plays like herself.
CONTENTS
Introduction
1. CONFIDENT IS STRONG
2. WILD IS STRONG
3. RESILIENT IS STRONG
4. CREATIVE IS STRONG
5. DETERMINED IS STRONG
6. KIND IS STRONG
7. FEARLESS IS STRONG
8. JOYFUL IS STRONG
9. INDEPENDENT IS STRONG
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS