Wallace, Gwendolyn. The Light She Feels Inside. Illustrated by Olivia Duchess. Source Books, 2023. 978-1-728-23979-8. 32 p. $18.99. Grades PreK-2. 

Maya goes through her day and talks about her glow that she feels inside especially when positive things are happening to her and around her. She also talks about the glow she feels when something bad happens to her, or when she hears her parents worrying. Maya begins to feel like that glow she has is heavy, and she isn’t sure what to do with it. When Maya goes to her public library, she ends up talking with her librarian who recommends several biographies to help Maya understand what she’s feeling and how other women in history have dealt with that. Maya ends up learning about several famous women in history and she decides to do something about her world and use her glow to help others. 

THOUGHTS: This was a wonderful picture book that has some great biographical information about famous women in the back matter of the book. Highly recommended for an elementary school library.

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