Quote: Malala Yousafzai

Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow. Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.

~ Malala Yousafzai, from the book I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

Book Watch: Five Children/Middle Grade Books

Book Watch is a new post I started to put a spotlight on books I find interesting. I'm starting the first post by showcasing several children/middle grade books.

Book: For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story by Rebecca Langston-George with illustrations by Janna Bock

Publication Date: Available now

Publisher: Capstone

Description:

She grew up in a world where women were supposed to be quiet. But Malala Yousafzai refused to be silent. She defied the Taliban's rules, spoke out for education for every girl, and was almost killed for her beliefs. This powerful true story of how one brave girl named Malala changed the world proves that one person really can make a difference.

News: Malala Yousafzai to recieve a Nobel Peace Prize

I think it's so cool that Education Activist Malala Yousafzai will be getting a Nobel Peace Prize. In the current issue of Glamour magazine, there is a really well written article about Malala and if you get a chance you should give that a read. I also read her book "I Am Malala" and it also really good.

Congratulations Malala!

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Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi Are Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

by Allan Cowell, The New York Times

Reaching across gulfs of age, gender, faith, nationality and even international celebrity, the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the 2014 peace prize to Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India, joining a teenage Pakistani known around the world with an Indian veteran of campaigns on behalf of children.

 

Book Review: I Am Malala

Book: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb

Source: Library

Rating: 4 stars

Review:

This was very good as well as inspirational. Everything is told from Malala's perspective and gives you a first hand account of her life and where she's from. But I think it would have been even more interesting if the book focused a little bit more on Malala. A lot of the book was on the history and political aspects of her family and her country. Which can make it seem like you're reading a history book at times.

I did find the book to be very informative but sometimes the story telling appeared a little flat. I still found this to be a good read because you got an insight into Malala's life and the culture of her country. It was very eye opening because while I was reading this I sometime found myself going that's not fair especially in regards to how education is provided as well as everyday life for women.

I was very fascinated by Malala's account of her life and her love of learning. And in a country that seems to value boys over girls, her father's treatment towards her was wonderful because he encouraged her instead of crushing her dreams. Not even that shooter could stop her dreams.

It's so hard to understand why it's bad for girls and women to be educated, wouldn't you want all of your citizens to be able to get an education. I know we have our problems with education in America, but at least it is easily assessable if someone wants it.

This was a very moving story.

Currently Reading: I Am Malala and Oz: The Emerald City of Oz

Sometimes it seems like education is either taken for granted or being denied by someone.  What made me interested in wanting to read this is that Malala was fighting for a cause that could be beneficial to so many.


Book: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb

Source: Library

Description:

I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday.

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive.

Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.

I Am Malala is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.

I Am Malala will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world

I'm a huge Oz fan and I had to pick up the issues for this miniseries, I just didn't get around to reading them until now.


Book: Oz: The Emerald City of Oz (issues #1-5, Marvel's Oz comic series volume #6) by L. Frank Baum adapted by Eric Shanower and illustrations by Skottie Young

Edition: Reading the single print issues

Description:

The Eisner Award-winning creative team of Eric Shanower and Skottie Young bring you the best Oz series yet!

Uncle Henry can't pay the mortgage, so he, Aunt Em and Dorothy must leave their Kansas home. Where can they go? To the Land of Oz, of course! Dorothy and the Wizard take Em and Henry on a grand tour, discovering knowledge pills and living paper dolls, solving living puzzles, suffering abuse from living kitchen utensils and drooling over living baked goods - but will anyone in Oz be left living after the Nomes attack, allied with the highly disagreeable Growleywogs? And when General Guph persuades the most evil race alive - the shape-shifting Phanfasms of Mt. Phantastico-to join the Nome Army, have the Nomes bitt en off more than they can chew?