The Wonder of Girls: The World Through a Girl’s Eyes

Karen Henrich
Cumberland House (2007)
ISBN 9781581826111
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (11/07)


This book is just another magnificent compilation of photos of children by Karen Henrich.  What a gift this photographer has!  I love the photo on the cover – it reminds me of when our daughter was this age (about 5 or 6), sitting prim and proper, smiling, shy…yet, mischievous and wondering what she could disrupt next.

Studying each photograph it was easy to resonate with every little girl, the characters came out in full bloom.  From innocence to mischievous, from love to laugher, Henrich captures all the emotions in true form.

“The Wonder of Girls” is a wonderful gift book in a series of three (“The Wonder of Boys,” and “The Wonder of Babies”) with half of the net proceeds from the sale of each book going to Moment by Moment Foundation, a nonprofit organization of photographers who provide free portraits of children with life-limiting illnesses.  Not only will the receiver of this book have joy, so will the families receiving the portrait.

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