DC SUPER HEROES: MY FIRST BOOK OF GIRL POWER (8) Board book – October 21, 2014

My husband has been really into all the super heroes ever since he was little, as I'm sure a lot of boys were and probably still are. I really knew nothing about them until I decided to purchase my two year old a couple. I gave them to her for Christmas and she really took to them. We both really enjoy reading them together and have both learned so many name of superheroes and what their powers are. But what I love most about these books, is that its not really all about the superhero, they teach lessons, and they teach things like colors, shapes, words, counting, and body parts. They really are wonderful books - I let my daughter choose one of these books every night and we read together at bed time. My toddler and I started collecting all of them and we both get really excited when they arrive in the mail. My daughter started to think that the mail man was just giving them to us as gifts, as if I didn't have to buy them lol. We have collected every one and they are releasing another one next week which we have already pre ordered and are super excited about. The books are a great price and arrive quickly. I hope they continue to make these books because we really love collecting them and enjoy reading them. She is even starting to remember the words and "reads" along with me!

I purchased this book for my soon to be one year old daughter. I am a big fan of DC's superheroes, especially Wonder Woman, so I thought this would be a good way to share my interest with my daughter and introduce her to the world of superheroes.This is a board book. It has nice, colorful illustrations of each heroine. It is a short book, perfect for the attention span of a toddler. Featured in the book are Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Supergirl, Black Canary, Bumblebee, Raven, Katana, and Hawkgirl. Each one has a brief description of what makes them a great hero.Some of my favorite characters show up in this book. They are depicted in their classic looks. What really makes the book great is that it says nothing about the way they look. It focuses solely on their abilities and how they use them to help others.My daughter is a little young, yet, to be able to enjoy the message but I can tell she likes the colors and feel of the book. She likes to turn the pages back and forth and will sit with it for several minutes at a time.

My First Book of Girl Power promises to show girls how wonderful they can be, by introducing them to some of DC's iconic super heroines. Instead it gives us a few pages of different characters and a few lines of text about how great the character shown in.So if you want your toddlers to learn about Raven's powers or Black Canary's sonic scream this might be the book for you, but if you want your daughters to learn about their own potential this book has nothing.None of DC's handful of women of color are mentioned, the group is entirely white. I wonder if anyone even thought of including characters like the African-American heroine Vixen or Katana from Japan.The art is bright and clean, and probably the book's best feature. But the book obviously just uses stock artwork from the 80s over generic backgrounds. It probably took about 15 minutes to lay the book out. The artists are not identified but I would guess most are done by Jose Garcia Lopez who did most of the artwork for DC's licenses in the 80s. If soit certainly would have been nice to mention his name somewhere.EDIT - Yes it was almost certainly his work, I found the cover image in this blog - http://grantbridgestreet1.blogspot.com/2011/11/jose-luis-garcia-lopez.htmlA bit of rewriting could improve this book tremendously. For example when the author talks about Wonder Woman making people tell the truth young readers might be asked if they think it's good to tell lies. Instead of focusing on Black Canary's sonic scream, the author could have mentioned how she worked for years to be a great martial artist and prompt young readers to work hard, That's what I do when reading it to my girls. But DC didn't take that obvious step.I've been a fan of DC for years, and that's why I picked up this book. But as a father I recognize the difference between a book that uses famous characters and one that's just an extended ad for them. This book unfortunately is just an ad for DC's stable of characters and is not worth your time or money.

We really enjoyed this book. I've read the more critical reviews and the points are well taken. It's not the best that it could have been but it is pretty great for toddler level and head and shoulders above some of the other books pushed on little girls at this age. Although the book is not all inclusive of all the female heroes that inhabit the comic universe, it does touch on the ones that they are most likely to encounter in mainstream pop culture. The same criticism could probably be leveled at many of the superhero books aimed at boys as well. As it says, it is the "first book" of girl power, and it does just that - serves as a solid introduction to the fact that females are heroes also. It is a great stepping stone that opens the door to a conversation about the wide and wonderful world of mighty girls. Embellish to suit your own child and tastes.

I finally broke down and bought a fourth copy of this book (mention of previous three below) and was surprised and delighted to find D.C. Comics listened to its consumers and added two pages of minority characters. My daughter pointed at the Asian character and said "Super Me!" and she wants an action figure of the African American character. This is my new go-to baby shower gift!Original Review:This has been one of my daughter's favorite books since she was 3 months old. I would have given it five stars but for two reasons: lack of diversity and poor binding. The messaging in this book is positive, clear, and simple but would be greatly improved by including minority heroes. Also, Over the course of nine months the binding has come apart on two copies of this book.Update: our third copy of this book in under a year now has duct tape holding the spine together.

Ok, sooo it IS a great book for girls that are learning, but it s NOT TOUCH AND FEEL ot si only hard cover with hard pages

Nice solid small book, my girl loved it.

This book has quickly become one of our 3 year olds favourites after mummy wanted some stronger role models to diffuse the messages of Princesses such as Belle and Cinderella.The universally known DC characters of Wonder Woman, Batgirl and Supergirl are alongside others such as Hawkgirl with a simple double spread on each character about staying who they are, what their powers are and how that makes them a good friend or great role model such as Batgirl loving to read.The book begins and ends with double spreads showing the female characters together and emphasising how great girls are and how powerful they can be and how they can be even more powerful when they help each other and work together.This is a great message for girls as it focuses on the girls and their strengths not as sidekicks to male superheroes, or interests in boys or romances and if these characters spoke it would definitely pass the Bechdel test as opposed to the princessey books that usually refer to being saved by or being romantically linked to a prince of some kind.My daughter has just got into watching some DC cartoons and these are recognisable characters in their classic comic/graphic novel depictions as opposed to their film, television, cartoon or LEGO representations which makes it enjoyable for DC fans or a little collectable of female superheroes.This book is beloved by my daughter and has encouraged her to look for similar type books including the DC superfriends series which show cooperation and positive female role models (alongside boys too) without focusing on romances and being pretty, I just wish I'd found this series earlier!

A great book for both my daughter and my son. They both really love superheroes and don't care whether they're male or female! This is a colourful, easy to read book with each page about a superhero like Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Bumblebee and some less well known ones too. It's empowering too, applauding their characteristics, like being clever, inventive and kind. My kids want to look at it again and again.

Totally a key text if you have a daughter! Got to get those powerful women influencing them at a young age.I think on one page it says something like "HawkGirl helps heal those who are hurt".... which, if you have seen the animated Justice League series, you might suspect that she was the one that hurt them in the first place.Great book