Just as "The Babysitter's Club" series successfully captured a generation of young girls, Cyndy Salzmann's Friday Afternoon Club series lays claim to moms who cherish long-standing friendship . . . a
A collection of stories about young girls who as Cuban immigrants to the United States grow in confidence and spirit as they confront painful challenges, meeting them head-on.
A cultural history of Lahore's dancing girls discusses how their sophisticated art encompasses some of the best of Mughal culture and offers insight into life within the pleasure district as reflected
The Girls of Grace conferences have inspired thousands of young women across the globe. Now, Make It Real, based on the 2005-2006 Girls of Grace conference theme, inspires each and every girl to see
"Describes the history of the textile industry in Lowell, Massachusetts, and the employment and other opportunities that the mills offered to New England women and girls."
From the author of The Dirty Girls Social Club comes another fast, funny, soulful, and sexy novel about friendship and love amid Latinas.It's a jungle out there—in Los Angeles, that is, where t
Can girls play softball? Can girls be school crossing guards? Can girls play basketball or ice hockey or soccer? Can girls become lawyers or doctors or engineers? Of course they can... today. But ju
Girls, Boys and Junior Sexualities takes an insightful and in-depth look at the hidden worlds of young children's sexualities. Based upon extensive group interviews and observation, the author illustr
Thick with suspense and simmering with adolescent turmoil, Bad Girls is an action-adventure survival story that pits a group of troubled teens against a forbidding tropical landscape, an elusive enemy
Continues the story of three high school sophomores, Holly, Madison, and Lina, as their love lives and those of their friends take unexpected turns, assisted by the girls' matchmaking services. Origin
Jen is so excited to live with her two best friends for the summer--it'll be just the three girls--plus a couple of boys, three or four pets, and the one thing Jen really didn't expect--true love.
Ramchand, a tired shop assistant in Sevak Sari House in Amritsar, spends his days patiently showing yards of fabric to the women of "status families" and to the giggling girls who dream of dressing up
Three girls with three agendas and the ultimate destination: the Hamptons. Summer in the city? Way overrated. Everybody who's anybody in New York City summers in the Hamptons. Mara, Eliza, and Jacqui
Welcome to the Bottom Dollar Emporium, where everything from coconut mallow cookies to Clabber Girl Baking Powder costs only a dollar, and coffee and gossip are free. For Elizabeth, Mavis, and Attale
THERE’S A PLACE IN OUR HEARTS RESERVED FOR MIRACLES…From Luanne Rice, the celebrated author of Beach Girls and many other New York Times bestsellers, comes this powerful novel of a mystery, a love aff
Time for a lifestyle makeover?The Mates, Dates girls will show you how!Four super-tight friends dish their secrets for dealing with life's little dilemmas...Like boys, for start: what they want, wher
This is my first relationship. What should I do?I don't know who to trust. Which guys can be trusted?My best friend and I like the same guy. Should we remain friends?Has everyone had sex except me? H
One of the Millennium Development Goals includes "the elimination of gender disparities by 2005 and achieving gender equality in education by 2005." This book documents experiences o
The girls of Sacred Heart Holy Angels eye the good dancers at the all-ages club Metropolis. They waste afternoons at the mall, check out parties on the lake, burn through candid, casual sex.Everybody
Dress two very "now" little girls who love wearing the latest fashions that will take them from school, dance classes, and beach parties, to play dates and sleepovers. Use crayons, pencils, or felt-ti
Children who like to color and play with paper dolls will be doubly delighted with this collection. Figures of two girls growing up in the early 1900s — along with their adorable, vintage wardrobes —
Sammie, Brody, Alex, and Jolene are the fabulous, feisty girls from the After School Club and each has their own story to tell. They all have very different lives and all have families who can be a co
From Tish Ciravolo, president and founder of Daisy Rock Guitars, comes the first bass method written especially for girls! In the tradition of the immensely popular Girl's Guitar Method, the Girl's B
It's all about making friends and being a good friend!The teen years can be tricky -- especially if you are a girl. Let's face it, teen girls deal with pressures and dilemmas that teen boys couldn't
Have some fun with Mudpuppy's challenging new Fun and Dance! puzzle. The 100 puzzle pieces come in an irresistible hinged storage tin with John & Wendy illustrations of girls dancing, walking a ti
Focusing on the lives of pre-adolescent girls, this collection presents methodologies for working with and studying "tween" girls, provides challenges to the presumed innocence of girlhood, and analyz
As China has evolved into an industrial powerhouse over the past two decades, a new class of workers has developed: th dagongmei, or working girls. The dagongmei are women in their late teens and earl
Describes how clothing for girls in the United States has reflected society's changing views on children, from dressing girls as little adults in the seventeenth century to allowing girls to express t
Drawn from the author's memories of being a teenager in World War II, a novel of the life of a seventeen-year-old girl named Beryl tells of daily life in 1943 Toronto and the lonely world of the home
Did you know that orange cats are almost always boys? It's true. And cats that are three colors-white, black, and brown-are usually always girls? It's science. Eight-year-old Emma McGraw loves science
Aunt Eloise invites Nancy, Bess, and George to New York to help a friend who has been swindled out of a sizable sum of money. There, the girls see a performance of a magicians' group who stun their au
For many years, one of the most popular features of the coveted Lulu Guinness handbags have been the phrases embroidered on the front. Complementing her uniquely imaginative designs, these cheeky glam
They’re smaller, cuter—and as inspirational as ever. Loved by grandparents, aunts, mothers, and young girls, Elizabeth Koda-Callan’s Magic Charm Books—which have more than 4.2 million copies in print—
Most contemporary discussions of sex differences assume that they are determined by society rather than biology. It is society that teaches little girls to be feminine and little boys to be masculine
Do biological factors, such as gonadal hormones, determine our sexual destiny after our genes are in place? Do they make men aggressive, or women nurturing? Do they cause boys and girls to play dif
The perfect primer for yoga enthusiasts, Um, Like... OM goes above and beyond teaching the technique of yoga: it reveals how yoga can help teenage girls face any challenge that comes their way, from
Rocio Esquibel pasa su ninez y su juventud en un pueblo al sur de Nuevo Mexico con su mama y su hermana. Ella define al vecindario por sus arboles: el Sauce, el Arbol de Chabacano y aquel que llaman e
"During my life, I've spent thousands of hours and thousands of dollars on my hair, my makeup, and my clothes, trying to look prettier because I grew up believing that pretty girls had happier l
When thirteen-year-old Joelle, a star baseball player, moves to a new town where the only option for girls is softball, she starts an all-girl baseball league against the wishes of her school coaches
