“How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.” Coco Chanel.

For the baby girls in your life or even the little girl hidden inside all of us, I’d like to suggest a great book, “Different Like Coco”. Drawn and written by Elizabeth Matthews and published by Candlewick Press, it is the story of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel.

From poor, skinny - even orphanage bound after her mother’s untimely death - Gabrielle, to queen of the fashion world Coco, the book explores, with charming drawings and inspirational writing, the woman behind the myth.

A great embellisher of her own tales, a woman who chose to work at a time when women with jobs were looked down upon, an avid lover of polo ponies and players alike, Mademoiselle Chanel epitomizes the original “Tough Cookie”.

Is it any surprise then that she is still a winner of a role model for little and big girls everywhere?! The book retails for $16.99 in bookstores and is available through Amazon.

Image Courtesy of Candlewick Press

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