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. Volume XXI Number 6. . . .October 10, 2014
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On July 12, 2013 the United Nations declared Malala Day, and 500 young people �took over� the UN for the day. Inspired by Malala Yousafzai and her speech to the UN General Assembly, the Plan International Communications Team created a short film depicting the reactions of girls from all over the world to Malala and her story. Adapted from that video, this photo-essay includes photographs of young women�from Peru to Niger to Nepal to Germany�and text in the form of a thank-you letter.
Recommended. Kay Weisman, a librarian and reviewer, now writes �Information Matters� for School Library Monthly and works as a youth librarian at West Vancouver Memorial Library.
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The crisp, well-chosen photos depict girls of all ages engaged in everyday activities. (Particularly haunting is that of a young child wearing a wedding dress.) The text, an open letter to Malala, is direct and to the point without being graphic about Malala�s experiences at the hands of the Taliban. Introduced with basic identifying information about this young woman and concluded with the text of Yousafzai�s UN speech and an explanation of how this book came to be, Every Day is Malala Day will be useful for introducing this inspiring young woman or for units on women�s or children�s rights.