Review\n"Positive and Nearly Therapeutic Support"\n"Headspace" is a powerful word. Holmes uses it in I Can Be Pretty (2021) to convey how young people might feel when they are facing questions about their outer, cosmetic qualities. Turning inward, he speaks "life into hearts that are sore," encouraging them to be simply... MORE. More compassionate, more brilliant, more dedicated, more courageous.\nIt stars a foursome of girls who eventually see themselves as grown up and successful. Yet the message is for absolutely everybody, male and female and whatever, any age. The point is to feel the encouragement our author expresses in his positive and nearly therapeutic support. He's a joy to meet and this work is inspiring, fun, and invigorating. Come read it for yourself.\n- Cinda Leech 
Millstadt Public Library\nEmpowering, Poetic, and Vibrant.\nAuthor and poet Edward Holmes brings a read-out-loud lyrical letter for all girls who dare to dream. 
"I Can Be Pretty" celebrates the reality that they are "pretty incredible" against pervasive messages of external validation. Skin tones, body shape, and fashion could never supersede how perfectly made our daughters truly are without modification.\n"I can be pretty intelligent. 
Physical qualities? 
Fairly irrelevant. 
Knowledge is power and I've got a lot. 
I'll change the world with the wisdom I've got."

I Can Be Pretty

Children's Books

Holmes, Edward L

Literature & Fiction

Acclivity Publishing

The Birthing Room: The First Trimester

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Crawford, Chrystal Lynn

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