ALSO, I remember a book call "Mean Francine" that I bought for my daughter
when she was being bullied by a neighborhood boy. She took it very
seriously and tried out the techniques demonstrated in the book
immediately, scaring me almost to death! It worked! He never "messed
with" her again! One of the lines repeated often in the book is "you
better not mess with ME." Sorry I don't remember the author.
Old, and possibly trite, but the old favorites --
Pippi Longstocking, Amelia Bedelia, the Peanuts series of books (Lucy Van
Pelt -- one of my childhood AND current heros).
There is some dispute about the American Girl series of books -- some
think they are too "packaged" but I liked the ONE that I read. It was
about a little girl crossing the prarie with his dad, who suffers a broken
leg in the middle of a blizzard. She takes over the carriage, despite his
protests taht she is "only a girl" and saves both of them from freezing to
death, by driving them to a cave taht she knows about in an area where she
had been forbidden to play, because it was known for having "savages"
nearby. She'd disobeyed her dad and in doing so made friends with a
native American girl who showed her the cave. I loved it, and so did my
younger daughter.
don't forget -- scroll down for the original message with the URL for
bookstore on line.
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Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 15:36:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brvgirls@aol.com
Reply-To: edequity@tristram.edc.org
Subject: Brave Girls and Strong Women Bookstore online
NEW! BRAVE GIRLS AND STRONG WOMEN BOOKSTORE ONLINE
http://members.aol.com/brvgirls
Are you looking for children's books that show girls who are courageous,
intelligent, and not
afraid to stand up for what they believe in?
This new online bookstore (http://members.aol.com/brvgirls) allows you to buy
from the complete list of over 40 exciting, empowering books
for young people ages 2-17, all from small publishers dedicated to creating a
world of equality.
Many of these wonderful treasures are hard to find in bookstores and
libraries, but now you can
buy them easily AND many of them are offered at discounted prices.
There's also a list of books for adults about girls' loss of self-esteem and
what parents and
teachers can do to reverse this alarming trend. Most of these titles are
offered at discounted
prices.
In addition, if you have a book in you, here is information on how you can
get help to write your
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And, of course, a list of links to other sites that help girls take charge of
their lives -- and the
world.
The site was created by Jyotsna Sreenivasan, author of two middle-grade
novels that empower girls: Aruna's Journeys and The Moon Over Crete.
For a nicely-formatted copy of the list to photocopy and give out, as well as
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