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2024 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Girl Characters
This might look a little similar to a post from last week, just with female characters, rather than male. If you didn’t get a chance to see last week’s post, make sure you stop by for 12 additional adventure titles that you might enjoy. But, I’ll reiterate what I said…
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Strong Is the New Pretty
Goodreads Summary: “Girls being fearless. Girls being silly. Girls being wild, stubborn, and proud. Girls whose faces are smeared with dirt and lit up with joy. So simple and yet so powerful, Strong Is the New Prettycelebrates, through more than 175 memorable photographs, the strength and spirit of girls being 100%…
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Looking at Diversity from Another Angle
i just recently read a response by author, Shannon Hale about an experience she had visiting a school where only the girls were allowed to attend the presentation because her books are deemed “girl” books. Although many of Hale’s books feature female protagonists, what are we telling students when we…
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Boys Books vs. Girls Books
I just read this article, “‘Where Are All The Boy Books?’ You’re Buying Them” that was posted last Monday by Kelly Jensen on Book Riot. It takes a look at the 2014 Top-Selling Children’s and Young Adult books on Amazon and found that there are a number of “boy” books…
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Book Review: Promise the Night
Over the weekend I read Promise the Night written by Michaela MacColl. It’s a historical fiction novel about Beryl Markham, the first pilot to fly solo from England to North America. I’ll be honest, before I read this book, I had never heard of her but, after reading about her life –…
