This is not a drill! At your wits' end after only a few days home with the kids? It's definitely time for some sympathy and laughs! And I can't think of a better book for several days into social distancing from everyone BUT your kids than Matthew Cordell's wonderful "King Alice" (2018). It hits every right note at the moment, including our theme this month of bold, outspoken girls and women - because Alice is nothing if not outspoken! When a snow day is declared, a poor dad that any parent can relate to is greeted as he stumbles out of bed, barely awake, by his bright-eyed daughter, having declared her sovereignty over the household ("KING Alice! The First!") and with BIG IDEAS about what to do with their day. Looks like dad is going to get neither work nor relaxation in ... but it's so worth it. Keep an eye out for the details in this one. Cordell has a wonderful gift for the child's voice and perspective, and it's that hilariously, definitively KID-NESS of everything Alice says and does that makes this work so well. For more great books on amazing girls and women, use the hashtag #FindMeStories_Persist and check out the other pages tagged on the final slide. ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ #noodlenutskidsbooks #kingalice #matthewcordell #authorillustrator #snowday #socialdistancing #socialdistancing2020 #stayathomemom #stayathomedad #stayathome #breakinggenderstereotypes #genderrolessuck #girlking #yeskidsbookstagram #picturebookoftheday #picturebooks #raisingstronggirls #littlefeminist #wereinthistogether #biracialfamily #biracialkids https://www.instagram.com/p/B94gIUQHpVi/?igshid=mbgvstwmrd7r