Fantastically Great Women Who Made History

We already bought the first book in this series, “Great women who changed the world”, well over a year ago. I left that book a neutral Amazon review. In short because it was a n excellent idea and neatly illustrated book. However our daughter despite being a voracious reader, for months didn’t show the slightest form of interest in the material at all - betraying the feminist cause at a very young age! ..however.. she has been reading it apparently. AND she picked up quite a bit. We’re only finding out recently when in the Natural History museum she pointed Mary Anning (the fossil woman). And she could tell me about Frida Kahlo while watching Pixar’s Coco movie. Also she demonstrated knowledge about Amelia Earhart and Anne Frank when these women came up. So the book left a deep impression after all and the combination of interesting facts and attractive illustrations must work really well.As such I gradually warmed up to buy her the follow up book in the series. ‘Woman who made history’ is more appealing to us as both me and my daughter are history enthusiasts. I was afraid there would be overlap with the first book. But a whole new batch of historically remarkable women is populating the pages. With Boudicca and Hashpetut among our daughter’s favourites. We were hoping to see Aethelflaed, Elanor of Aquitaine, Theodora of Byzantium or queen Victoria include. But clearly these could be included in a potential future instalment “Great Queens in History”.

Following on from Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World, this book introduces young readers to more fantastic women role models. A wonderfully original and diverse collection of women, including some names children may have come across through Horrible Histories etc, like Boudicca and Harriet Tubman, as well as fascinating women who they are less likely to have come across before, like Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut and pirate queen Sayyida al-Hurra. With the fun and accessible approach that make the first book such a success, this is full of information and inspiration. The level of detail makes this book perfect for key stage 2 as well as younger readers. We love it!

My daughter already has the 'Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World' and she loves it. As it was International Women's Day I thought I buy her this version and we weren't disappointed! She loves the book, which has enough information to give a good background to each woman without being overloaded. My daughter has also looked some of the women up on the internet to find out more about them. I liked that I hadn't heard of all of the women featured, so it taught me something too! I think every school should have a copy of this book to remind girls that they can do anything boys can!

I bought this during lockdown for my 9 year old daughter to learn history.It is accessible , concise and engaging.My daughter was easily able to negotiate the facts that were presented within the book and now has a wide knowledge of historically important women.What I really loved about this book was the diversity of women that it looked at , from all countries, careers and ethnicities. I hadn’t heard of some of these women but the information provided was interesting and engaging..I have recently discovered that this series also coms with a corresponding workbook. I have now ordered this to accompany this book and shall be purchasing the rest of the series as a Christmas present.Really highly recommended.

So I bought this book for a six year old but I think the writing is too small and it's too complex. The book is brilliant but I regret purchasing for a six year old. I read many reviews and lots of people said it was good for their 6 year olds so I guess every child is different. I think it's a good idea if you read a page or 2 a night to your child before they go to sleep.Would be better if she was at least 7 but even then it's still tricky.Also I should have checked the size of this because the book is so small!