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Author
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
c1991
Physical Desc
348 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
In the struggle for womenʼs equality, there is one hurdle that has yet to be fully cleared-the myth of female beauty. It challenges every woman, every day, by seeking to undermine psychologically and covertly the material freedoms that feminism has achieved for women. And, fueled by new technology in media and medicine, its ravages are reaching epidemic proportions. The Beauty Myth cuts to the root of the ʺbeauty backlash,ʺ exposing the relentless...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
ix, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
"For more than a year and a half Vincent ventured into the world as Ned, with an ever-present five o'clock shadow and a crew cut--a perfect disguise that enabled her to observe the world of men as an insider. With her buddies on the bowling league she enjoyed the rough and rewarding embrace of male camaraderie; a stint in a high-octane sales job taught her the gut-wrenching pressures endured by men who would do anything to succeed; she frequented...
Author
Description
Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.
Description
Although she can predict the weather much better than the boys in her family, no one thinks that Phyllis the groundhog has a chance of replacing the aging Punxsutawney Phil when Groundhog Day's official groundhog retires.
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Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
344 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"When Hilary Westfield escapes Miss Pim's finishing school to join a misfit pirate crew, she embarks on an unexpectedly magical swashbuckling, plank-walking, searfaring journey"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
59 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Description
From the expert team behind IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL and IT'S SO AMAZING! comes a book for younger children about their bodies - a resource that parents, teachers, librarians, health care providers, and clergy can use with ease and confidence. Young children are curious about almost everything, especially their bodies. And young children are not afraid to ask questions. What makes me a girl? What makes me a boy? Why are some parts of girls' and boys'...
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Description
"Despite years of feminism and such activist groups as Women Strike for Peace, much of the female population in the world is often powerless, forced to remain voiceless and subjugated to acts of extreme violence in the home, on school campuses and anywhere men deem they should dominate. "Rape and other acts of violence, up to and including murder, as well as threats of violence, constitute the barrage some men lay down as they attempt to control some...
12) Dragon dreams
Author
Series
Royal Princess Academy volume 1
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
102 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Attending her first year at the Royal Princess Academy, Emma prefers soccer to ballroom dancing and dreams of one day riding a dragon.
Author
Description
You were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant. You stand by helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore, and you comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. Because this was not the first offence against you. This was not the life you ever deserved. And this will not be your undoing. Slowly, you plot. But when your husband returns in triumph, you become a woman with a choice. Acceptance...
Author
Series
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
Future scientist Kimmy eagerly shares information about dinosaurs during a school field trip until classmate Jake tells her "girls aren't scientists," but Mr. Tiffin sets her straight.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
440 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Description
"After unearthing a conspiracy at court, Red Sparkle Stone, the foundling orphan Empress Elisa has taken under her wing, dares to become a recruit for the Royal Guard-something no woman has done before"--
Author
Publisher
little bee books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm
Description
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text challenge the idea that boys and girls should each wear only certain colors or play with certain toys, and encourages them to be true to themselves.
20) Go, girls, go!
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 26 cm
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text celebrate girls who race, fly, and drive everything from a dump truck to a rocket ship.
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