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42 matches found, viewing page 2 of 3, goto page < 1 2 3 > next page Search Again| Ira Sleeps Over Waber, Bernard 48 p. Ages: 4-8 ISBN:0395205034 | 
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- Ira is excited about spending the night at his friend Reggie’s house. Then his sister raises the question of his teddy bear. Should he take his teddy bear along? Will Reggie laugh if he does? It all works out and it helps show that it’s OK to be a child with fears and feelings. Illustrated.
| Jerome the Babysitter Christelow, Eileen 30 p. Ages: 4-8 ISBN:9999061427 |
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- Jerome takes a job babysitting that his sister doesn’t want. It turns out that it is for Mrs. Gatorman’s twelve difficult and full of tricks children. They create havoc but in the end Jerome proves to be a good babysitter. Colored illustrations.
| Jobs People Do Maynard, Christopher 2001 32 p. Ages: 3-7 ISBN: 0751355186 |
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- This large-size volume, with big color photos, is a cheerful introduction to the world of work. Each page is about one trade or profession: a portrait of a child is the focus, and then there are facts about tools, equipment, and the workplace, with small, captioned pictures of adults on the job. The cast is multicultural, the career choices are non-sexist (there's a waiter and a waitress), and girls and boys trying out various adult roles will find facts and images here to help them choose. (from Hazel Rochman, Booklist)
| King of the Playground Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 1994 Ages: 4-7 ISBN: 0689718020 |
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- Sammy is always at the playground, threatening Kevin in order to retain his sovereignty. Kevin returns home each time to talk itover with his dad, who nudges him in a creative direction.
| Mightier Than the Sword: World Folktales for Strong Boys Yolen, Jane 2003 109 p. Ages: 6-10 ISBN:0152163913 |
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- From the intro: "for the longest time boys didn't know that being a hero was more than whomping and stomping the bad guy. They didn't understand that brains trump brawn almost every time; that being smart makes the battle shorter, ... and the triumph greater....Hero is a word for winner, not whipper; for smarty, not smarty-pants; for holding on, not holding back. Hero is about being clever, learning from your mistakes, being kind and compassionate, and finding good friends. Picking up a sword doesn't make you a hero--sticking to your word does....The true heroes are the ones who solve their problems---and the problems of the world--without ever having to resort to force..." At the end, the author describes the history of each tale, along with what she added in her versions.
| Mommies at Work Merriam, Eve 1989 Ages: 4-8 ISBN: 0671732757 |
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- A book that positively depicts mommies doing all kinds of different jobs. Any child with a mom who works outside the home will find something to relate to in this book because it focuses on the important things that moms do to show their love for their kids.
| Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls Yolen, Jane 2000 115 p. Ages: 9-12 ISBN: 0152020470 |
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- Thirteen stories from around the world. They use their brains, but also brawn as well, which warrants a warning for this shalom-searching audience. The editor writes: "In it are folktales about heroes--regular sword-wielding, spear-throwing, villain-stomping, rescuing-type heroes who happen to be women...We need this book to remind ourselves that girl heroes have always been around, hidden away.... And boys need to read it, too. Because while we know girls can be heroes, the boys need to know it even more." The first chapter includes mention of various actual women warriors from history--who may actually not be the role models we wish for our daughters. See the interesting reviewer dialog on this point on the Amazon website: www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0152020470/qid%3D1058220150/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/104-8294615-0171923
Stories that rely less on brawn and more on brain are included in "Tatterhood", "Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters", "Her Stories", "The Book of Princesses", among others.
| Oliver Button is a Sissy Tomie De Paola 1979 48 p. Ages: 4-8 ISBN: 0156681404 |
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- Oliver Button would rather read, dance, and draw pictures than play football like the other boys. His classmates' taunts don't stop him from doing what he likes best, and his practice and persistence pay off in the end--when Oliver Button is a star.
| One More Thing, Dad Thompson, Susan 1980 32 p. Ages: 3-7 |
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- Caleb prepares for a picnic and keeps going into the kitchen, where his dad keeps giving him more things to take along...
| Our Granny Wild, Margaret 1994 Ages: 3-7 ISBN: 0395883954 |
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- Grannies come in all different shapes and sizes, but "our granny" is unique.
| Peace is....women imagine a peaceful world deGroot, Jennifer 2001 62 p. Ages: 18-Adult ISBN: 0968838510 |
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- This volume includes words and images gathered in India, Chad, Niger, Senegal, South AFrica, Lesotho, and Uganda between Jan. and July 2000. Colorful photos set off quotes from the women. Notes at the end give more personal information about the women included.
| Pocahontas: 1595-1617 Sonneborn, Liz 2003 32 p. Ages: 8-12 ISBN: 0736812148 |
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- Discusses Pocahontas’ people and her life, her involvement with the Jamestown settlers, her kidnapping, marriages, her trip to England, and death. Includes activities, sidebars, a map, glossary, and a chronology. Good antidote for the misinformation in the Disney video.
| The Practical Princess Williams, Jay 1969 32 p. Ages: 4-7 |
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- Princess Bedelia was given the gift of common sense at her birth, much to her father’s consternation. "What good is common sense to a princess?" Bedelia outwits a dragon, foils the greedy Lord Garp--who is determined to have her for a wife, and rescues Prince Perian from a spell.
| The Real Deal: A Guy's Guide to Being a Guy Roberts, Jeremy 2000 48 p. Ages: 9-13 ISBN: 0823931048 |
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- Straight talk about being "real" with yourself and your values. Provides advice for boys on various aspects of becoming a man. Other titles in the series: Chillin': A Guy's Guide to Friendship, Stay Cool: A Guy's Guide to Handling Conflict, Dating and Relating: A Guy's Guide to Girls.
| Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter Stanley, Diane 1997 32 p. Ages: 6-10 ISBN: 0064410951 |
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- In a delightful twist to an old tale, she may not be able to spin straw into gold, but she is more than a match for a monarch whose greed has blighted a whole kingdom.
| Sacagawea: 1788-1812 Wallner, Rosemary 2003 32 p. Ages: 8-12 ISBN: 073681213X |
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- Presents what is known of the life of Sacagawea, the Shoshoni who was an interpreter on the Lewis and Clark Expedition: her childhood in a Shoshoni village, capture by Hidatsas, travels, and reunion with her brother. Includes sidebars, activities, a chronology, glossary, and map. Text sometimes awkwardly includes phrases such as: 'Such a sight would surely have brought tears..." "Sacagawea certainly had fear..." 'But Sacagawea surely hoped she would someday..." But with an academic consultant listed, what is stated must (surely!) have historical accuracy…
| The Serpent Slayer: And Other Stories of Strong Women Hyman, Trina Schart 2000 113 p. Ages: 5-12 ISBN: 0316387010 |
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- These stories are about women and girls who find themselves in difficult circumstances and respond in brave, clever, and thoughtful ways. "A heroine’s experience is different from that of a hero’s, for woman’s experience of life through the ages has been different from man’s... These are stories that remind us how to be strong, adventuresome, creative women. They teach us how to survive enormous suffering and come out alive with our eyes shining and our feet kicking... It is also a book for women to read to the men who love them and to the boys they love, so that people everywhere remember the courage, strength, ingenuity, and intelligence that is every woman’s heritage."
| Seven Brave Women Hearne, Betsy 1997 22 p. Ages: 5-9 ISBN: 0688145027 |
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- Noting that "in the old days, history books marked time by the wars that men fought," Hearne tells stories of seven women in her family who "did great things" without fighting in the eight wars that framed their lives. For instance, the first chapter begins, "My great-great-great-grandmother did great things. Elizabeth lived during the Revolutionary War, but she did not fight in it... .Elizabeth was a Mennonite." The brief text goes on to describe her journey, in a wooden sailboat, from Switzerland to America. The oil paintings are full of color, light, and movement. Strong women, pacifism, and genealogy are woven together to make an attractive book that may inspire its readers to delve into their own family histories. Read this book along with Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson to add a similarly rich African-American ancestry traced back through the women.
Read this book along with Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson to add a similarly rich African-American ancestry traced back through the women.
| Stories for Free Children Pogrebin, L.C. 1983 |
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- Collection of non-sexist stories. (no review available.)
| Tatterhood and Other Tales: Stories of Magic and Adventure Baldwin-Ford, Pamela 1989 165 p. Ages: 9-12 ISBN: 0912670509 |
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- A classic collection of stories with heroines.
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