*AD – please note we were gifted this book for the purpose of this review
The Adventures of Lillicorn in WooWoo Land by Lisa Moss and Thomas Bernard
Illustrated by Ayelen Lamas
Children’s Fiction
32 pages
QuestFriendz
Age range: 4-8 years old
If you follow my blog you will know that gender equality is important to me. One of the things that really stood out to me when I attended the government’s gender equality roadmap was the low uptake of girls in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) which is something that really needs to change.
I was really interested to review a book designed at doing just that. Full of bright colours and fun illustrations The Adventures of Lillicorn in WooWoo Land is about a young girl called Lillicorn and her adventures. But all of her adventures are around stem subjects.
The books has 10 separate quests for your child to complete in it. Think, make your own adventure style, with different icons in the book for the different quests. During the quests there are little quizzes and tasks to complete before you can move onto the next stage. At the end of the book are tokens to use for each quest. After each quest is a key for parents so you can see what skills it is helping your child to develop. There is a glossary at the end to help with this too.
This is such a refreshing book. We need more books like this to encourage girls and show them that stem subjects are not just for boys. Did you know only 15% of Engineering graduates are women, 19% for computer science and 38% for maths in the UK. Which is something we really, really need to change. So books like this help, they help to change girl’s mindsets from a young age. To show them these subjects are cool and valid life choices for girls and women. I love how the design of the book makes is accessible too, it cute and colourful like a book they would normally pick up. We need more books like this on our daughter’s bookshelves.
Verdict:
If you have a young daughter this book would make a great addition to her bookshelf. It’s fun, it’s cute and it’s colourful but it’s also about stem and encouraging girls to embrace these subjects. Not only that, it shows parents how they might be able to help develop this at home too.
Rating: 4.5/5
Giveaway
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This is a lovely book I would love to see more like this.
Definitely without a doubt. My daughter dreams of becoming an engineer!
It’s important that girls keep their longer-term options open so STEM books help thm do that.
definitely!
100% definitely – it is so important!
Yes really is important – an astronaut
yes it would be great to give them encouragement
Yes, I think that would be a good thing.
Yes I think it’s very important to get girls interested in STEM from an early age.
Stem is so important for both sexes. Defo would like to see more books like it
Yes. I think it’s still seen as boys.
Definitely, equal opportunites!
Definitely my granddaughter wants to be an engineer
yes definitely, that would be really lovely
Stem is definitely just as important for girls as it is for boys. Thankfully, my girls school is really good. I’m glad there are books out there for younger children though.
Yes, I most certainly do. All children should have the encouragement and opportunity to read STEM books and try STEM activities.
Anything that encourages girls to be all they can be is worth it in my book xx
This sounds like a fantastic book! My daughter is a little old for it now but loves STEM, she wants to be an inventor when she grows up!
Yes! Yes! Yes! There certainly needs to be more of this.
Super idea
Yes it’s a really good Idea
Yes I think they are a great idea and all subjects and career roles should be available to all children regardless of gender and books are a great way to encourage this x
Yes tthat would be great!
Yes, more the better…..
I would love for my daughter to be able to explore more of the STEM subjects, so she has a larger amount of jobs/interests she could be open to and interested in doing in the future.
Boy or girl , they should do what they enjoy
Yes, absolutely!
Definitely 😀 Stem products make great presents for youngsters and would love more choice for my daughter
Would definately love to see more books encouraging girls into STEM subjects great opportunities are out there wish this sort of thing would have been around when i was a child!
This looks a lovely book, yes I’d like to see more like it x
Yes I would love to see more of this to encourage girls to take up STEM subjects.
Yes I think it is important as they aren’t gender specific subjects
Yes, but actually books for all children
Yes I think this is a great idea
Yes, definitely, I wish I’d been encouraged more!
Absolutely – such a great idea.
Yes, definitely! I have two girls and feel it’s very important that they see being into STEM as the norm for both genders!
Absolutely, my sister was ridiculed for wanting to be an engineer – by the teachers!!
Yes, we need a lot more books like this.
Definitely especially as I work for a company that’s business is in that area and I am seeing women making strides in the right direction. Also having a daughter myself.
definitely! anything to help children to explore new interests
Definitely, we need more female scientists and engineers