Passing the Legacy On: Help Us Bring She Wrote Too to Young Readers
They wrote too. So can you.
Imagine a young reader discovering a world of female pioneers, storytellers, and changemakers and seeing themselves reflected in these women’s courage, creativity, and strength.
That’s the heart of She Wrote Too.
You will have heard the phrase, ‘you’ve got to see it to be it’, the visibility of people who have resilience and determination is vital to the development of young minds for inspiration and faith that people can overcome difficulties when circumstances seem stacked against them.
Since starting our podcast, we’ve been inspired by your messages - especially parents and grandparents asking:
“Where can I find these stories in a book for my child?”
That question sparked our next step: creating a book that passes the legacy on.
Legacy matters. Knowing that people who fought against the odds even existed matters. It shows young people that they too can create and find pathways to achieve.
What makes this book particularly exciting is not just something to read. It’s a book to join in with - to write, to draw, to dream, to reflect. It offers young readers (aged 9+ and curious adults too) the chance to:
Discover powerful, often-forgotten women who used writing as an act of courage and rebellion.
See the creative paths these women carved in a world that tried to silence them.
Step into their own creativity through prompts, space to draw, and space to think beyond the obvious.
The activities this book encourages are artistic: designing films, creating social media, writing stories, poems, and drawing pictures. It is interactive and inspiring, set against a backdrop of legacy of people who have taken these leaps and created.
Once, when my daughter was about nine, I gave her a journal called Wreck This Journal. It invited the reader to fully engage with the book, encouraging delightfully chaotic actions like throwing it down the garden or spilling tea on its pages. What struck me most was how much young people relish becoming part of a book in this way - almost as if they are collaborating with it, turning reading into an act of shared creativity. I love the image of all these strong women from the past reaching out to young people today, encouraging them to find their own power.
In today’s fast-moving world, young people need creative confidence as much as they need facts and figures. They need stories that show them what is possible. They need the chance to expand their thinking and see that their voice matters.
We’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring this book to life.
Your support will help us:
Print a beautiful, lasting book.
Pay our illustrator and designer fairly.
Put these stories into the hands of young readers everywhere.
If She Wrote Too has inspired you, please consider backing our campaign today. Even a small pledge - a cup of coffee donation - makes a real difference, and sharing the campaign with friends who care about books, creativity, and young people helps too.
Back She Wrote Too on Kickstarter
Thank you for helping us pass the legacy on.
Thank you for believing that young people deserve stories like these and the space to write their own.
Nicola & Caroline at She Wrote Too