A guest post today, from my gorgeous eleven year old daughter Charlie, a competent but reluctant reader who is also “the most faboulousisitst in the world.”*

When the book arrived in the post I thought that it was just my mum hassling me to read more. But that night when I opened the book to start reading it I actually enjoyed it.

The first page was about a mathematician named Ada Lovelace, and I was hooked right away. I think my mum was very surprised when it took less than a week for me to finish the book (that’s really fast for me).

I think that the best books always have a hard cover and a ribbon: this one does. In this book each page is about a different woman, eg: ballerinas, suffragettes, architects, pirates, warriors, singers, etc. some people died in 1458 B.C and some are still alive to this day.

My two favourite pages in the book  would have to be page 78 – Jacquotte Delahaye a pirate who was one of the most feared pirates of the Caribbean. My second favourite is on page 150 – Misty Copeland, a ballerina.

I really enjoyed this book.

*Or so says Charlie!