“Like a Girl!” – The empowering coloring book for girls

"Like a Girl" by Ayelet Keshet - an empowering coloring book for girls

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Have you ever searched the bookshelves for coloring books for girls? Did you notice that most (perhaps all) coloring books for girls revolve around fairies, princess, fashion and other pretty little things? Did you notice that alternatives to these topics were very hard to find?

I did, and I decided to change that.

I am very proud to tell you about Like a Girl!, the empowering coloring book for girls.
In this coloring book you won’t find delicate fairies or helpless princesses. What you will find are some cool, admirable real life heroines!

The book is available on online stores, including Amazon and Book Depository (these are my affiliate links).

“Like a Girl!” – The back cover

Why did I create this book?

I decided to create like a Girl! because I noticed there weren’t any empowering materials among coloring books for girls.
It’s not that pinkish, sparkly frilly books for girls are bad (I actually like them), but when they are the sole rulers of the coloring books shelves, girls receive the same message – their strengths are their beauty, femininity and tenderness.

That’s why I chose to make a coloring book which presents positive role models to young girls. I wanted to expose girls to all of the possibilities they have, so I drew young women with different skills and roles.

I was careful not to focus only on roles which we considered masculine, because I believe that the division of jobs to masculine and feminine is no longer relevant, and I felt that by choosing only boyish roles I would be fixating this division even more.
I picked diverse roles, and instead of suggesting that girls can do anything boys can, I suggested that girls can do anything they want.

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And so, I drew characters with different expertise, from science and research through sports and arts, on to defending and rescuing and even educating children and caring for animals. The images present the true strengths of women: their creativity, intelligence, capability, diligence, passion, freedom and all those precious features that drive them to live their lives to the fullest and to make a difference in this world.

It is never too early to show girls what wonderful things they can do. It is never too early to show them that their value is related to what they do and to how they use their abilities.

My other guideline in creating this coloring book was, of course, make it fun! I wanted the illustrations to be interesting and enjoyable to color for kids and teens. And for me. yep, I’m going to color it too 🙂