This is a book that every new, and old, parent should read. I would argue that it is a guide to raising a child to be a decent human being, along with raising strong girls. There is some good all round advice about being a new parent. I also found myself reflecting on my life and how being "a girl" shaped it. Adichie is very good at getting to heart of things, of making things plain.

This is one of those books that I wish I could fold up and always carry with me. I have the urge to just clutch it to my chest and dole out bits of its wisdom when needed. In Dear Ijeawele, Adichie offers her 15 suggestions for raising a feminist daughter, told in the form of a letter to a childhood friend who recently became a mother. But this is a book not just for mothers of daughters, but mothers of sons, and fathers, and childless men and women, this is a book for everyone.

The perfect gift for a mother! This short, wonderful book made me want to stand up and say YES!

An inspiring, succinct essay with advice on how to raise and empower young girls to be strong women. The themes are equally important for raising feminist boys.

This profound advice may empower us all with courage and optimism! Explicitly, this book gives the author's friend--a new mother of a baby girl--concrete, how-to advice for raising an empowered woman in 63 pages or an hour of spoken audiobook.

Like Coates' "Between the World and Me" for girls, Adichie here shares a letter she wrote for a friend’s newborn daughter sharing her thoughts about being a woman in today’s world. Now more topical than ever, I wish everyone would read this small, powerful book.

This slim book is full of wisdom for teaching your child how to view herself as someone who matters - even when the overt and subtle patriarchal forces would lead her to see herself as less than. I found her words so affirming of the thoughts and questions I had as a child trying to get a perspective on the world, e.g. why did being born with a vagina make one more suited to do housework or why women routinely changed their names when they married, losing their identity behind the title of Mrs. John Doe. I shared this book and audiobook with my two teenage daughters and recommended it to many of my friends and co-workers.

Easy to read, understand. Should be a part of every baby shower for the new parent(s). Whether the child is a boy or a girl, whether the parent is a father or a mother. All could benefit.

A letter to a friend's infant daughter with suggestions on how to raise a feminist. I think this is going to be filed away in my head for the next baby shower I attend. Quick read, easy read, and an important one.

So much of the advice in this short read feels like common sense, and then you look up from the book, and around at the world and realize why Adichie was compelled to write it. Fingers crossed that this book appears as a gift at baby showers, rather than the ubiquitous tiny clothing in pink, or blue for that matter.