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American Medical Association Girl's Guide to Becoming a Teen

American Medical Association, Kate Gruenwald

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Section on sex too much for young readers 3 out of 5 stars.
18 of 18 people found this review helpful.

Until the very end of the book, I was impressed and my daughter seemed pleased. However, I found the chapter on sex to be bothersome. My daughter is 10 and while we have discussed sex, I don't feel that a book of this type for this age group (grades 4-7) should be defining anal sex. I am not opposed to discussing sex openly and opening dialog in which we can bring up our morals, but I don't see the purpose in explaining oral sex and anal sex in a book intended for this age group.

Editorial Review:

Becoming a teen is an important milestone in every girl’s life. It’s even more important to get answers and advice to the most common health issues girls face from a trusted source. The American Medical Association Girl’s Guide to Becoming a Teen is filled with invaluable advice to get you ready for the changes you will experience during puberty. Learn about these important topics and more:

• Puberty and what kinds of physical and emotional changes you can expect—from your developing body to your feelings about boys
• The importance of eating the right foods and taking care of your body
• Your reproductive system inside and out
• Starting your period—what it means and how to handle it
• Thinking about relationships and dealing with new feelings

Girls Rule: ...A Very Special Book Created Especially for Girls (Teens & Young Adults)

Ashley Rice

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

This is a book for girls. For girls who are thinkers and believers. For girls who are readers and changers and dreamers. For girls who look for rainbows and friendship. For girls who are not afraid to be different.

Join one such girl, Penelope J. Miller, as she narrates this book, becomes your friend, and takes you on a journey through all the fun, craziness, and challenges of being a girl in the world. She's here with words of experience, support, advice, and a whole lot of laughs. And she's even left some space for you to write down your own thoughts, memories, wishes, and ideas.

Along the path through these special pages, you'll find a shout of encouragement and a sharing of dreams for girls who know deep down that they have what it takes to achieve anything they want. You'll discover a celebration of the lives of girls -- the smiley days, the dreamy days, the giggly days, the teary days, the victorious days, and even everything in between. Because every day, in a million different ways: GIRLS RULE.

Amazing You: Getting Smart About Your Private Parts

Gail Saltz

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Total reviews: 25 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

good, but possibly confusing 3 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

While this book is very good in its discussion on sexuality, my one problem is that the pictures are quite artsy. This will be interesting for children, but there is the good possibility that they will be confused as to what the body parts actually look like. With supplemental pictures and and adult ready to answer questions, this is a good book to help teach children.

Editorial Review:

"Mom, where do babies come from?" Many parents live in fear of the day their child asks that question—which inevitably happens, often as early as the preschool years. Here is a picture book designed especially for young children who are becoming sexually aware but aren’t ready to learn about sexual intercourse. Written with warmth and honesty, Amazing You! presents clear and age-appropriate information about reproduction, birth, and the difference between girls’ and boys’ bodies. Lynne Cravath’s whimsical illustrations enliven the text, making this a book that parents will gladly share with their young ones.

NIV True Images: The Bible for Teen Girls: Updated Edition

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Lose the 'magazine' inserts 2 out of 5 stars.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

Needless to say I was somewhat taken aback by the inserts in the bible. It has several magazine like inserts scattered throughout the Bible. These are on full color, thicker, shiny paper and contain different quizzes for the girls to take. Some of them are good, there is a spiritual gifts quiz, parent/child relationship quiz and friends quiz. Then there are others. These deal with dating (a.k.a. divorce practice). Okay, so I have strong opinions on dating that I know not everyone shares but these particular inserts don't even attempt to make a biblical connection. They are nothing different than what you would find on the magazine rack at the store. There is an insert on your self-image which includes this question with the following answers:

At the top of this year's New Year's resolutions list is ...

A. Start lifting weights - you heard it's good for your bones.
B. Work on that muscle tone - no more dreading swimsuit season.
C. Lose 15 pounds and buy a push-up bra - the new me!
Now, could you please tell me what place that has in a Bible!?!

Then there are the 'ever so inspirational' reflections from the other side which have quotes from boys. Here is one:

What makes you ask a girl on a second date? My dream girl...if I went out with a girl and had fun and was able to hold an interesting/funny conversation with her and was also attracted to her, then I would certainly ask her out again.
Well, fabulous, so if my daughter reads this she will think all she has to do is be attractive and be able to talk and she will make the perfect date. No need to be devoted to Christ, just cute and funny. Good grief! Zondervan really let the ball drop when they published this Bible with these pages in it.

In the interest of fairness I want to say that we are keeping the bible. I know that sounds strange after all that I have just said, but the actual bible and study helps in it are good. It has an introduction to each book to give a grasp of the setting. There are profiles of all the women in the bible, good and bad, so that girls can learn from their examples. There are little study notes throughout that are helpful. But, we will be cutting out the 'magazine' pages. I have no intention of bringing pagan teen magazines into my house and I will certainly not have them coming in through my daughter's bible.

Editorial Review:

Packed with personal notes, cool quizzes, challenging insights, smart advice, and open discussion about life today, True Images is the Bible for real teenage girls with real lives. This revised edition features the same relevant features with updated content, a new interior design, and a new cover.

American Girls Handy Book: How to Amuse Yourself and Others (Nonpareil Books)

Lina Beard, Adelia Beard

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

If Tom Sawyer had been a girl, Aunt Polly would certainly have seen to it that she had a copy of this book and with a heartfelt blessing. Its a magical cornucopia of projects, devices, toys, gifts, dolls, recipes, decorations, perfumes, wax and clay modelling, oil and water-color painting and games, all with clear and practical directions for how to make and play them. Vintage Americana by the Beard sisters, two of the founders of Girl Scouting in the United States.

"In the Beard sisters' version, 'the American girl' ranges in age from eight to eighteen. Healthy and spirited, she thinks nothing of taking a ten-mile 'romp' through woods and fields with a group of friends, and collects flowers and leaves for preservation or presentation to friends and relations. Above all, however, the Beards' girl is handy. She can make a hat rack, a screen, or a bookshelf; fashion a macrame hammock or a cornhusk doll; and draw, paint, sculpt, or decorate a room.
The American Girls Handy Book, in short, by emphasizing what girls can do, presents a portrait of girlhood that is vigorous, active, and full of possibilities."
- From the foreword by Anne M. Boylan

Fabulous Hair

Maria Neuman

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Love it! 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I enjoyed this girls' hair style. It gave me good ideas and the directions were easy to understand and follow. My 3-year daughter looks cute every day because of it. I also tried some of the styles on my 10-year-old niece. I recommend this book for moms and girls who need some help in getting creative with hair.

good for older teen girls 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

This is a good book for an older girl who has experience using styling tools and products.
If you are getting it for a younger girl this is not the book for you.
Nice hair styles and nice styling ideas, but not for beginners.

Great Hair Ideas 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book has great finishing ideas for young girls hair. I like that is shows styles and how to adapt it for different hair types. It shows different accessories and ways to change up that style. It is a fun book and helps me move past the normal way I have been doing my daughter's hair.

Editorial Review:

DK has created a fresh, fabulous series all about finding your own style and using the baubles girls adore as the perfect way to personalize a hairstyle or outfit. In Fabulous Hair and Super Style, the how-to book is raised to a new level of glamour and fun.

Beatrix Potter: A Journal (Potter)

Beatrix Potter

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Total reviews: 28 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

An enchanting must-have keepsake for Beatrix Potter fans! 5 out of 5 stars.
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'Beatrix Potter: A Journal" is a beautifully bound keepsake that Beatirx Potter fans will cherish for years to come. It is presented in the form of a journal or rather an album, and basically contains journal entries dating back to when Beatrix was 16 years old and had begun discovering wonderful things that helped her evolve into the creative writer and creator of Peter Rabbit and friends.

The journal is beautifully put together - there are old family pictures, reproductions of Beatrix's original sketches and drawings, personal documents [e.g. Beatrix's old report card] - what a delight to peruse these treasures. The journal entries themselves make for absorbing reading - though they are in cursive form and younger reders may need help with deciphering what is written. There are reproductions of letters to family and friends,delightful illustrations throughout the journal. Of interest is information as to how certain characters in The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Friends was inspired by real-life people, such as the character of Farmer McGregor.

There are many lift-the-flap features in this journal that makes it even more of a treat - there's an envelope containing a reproduction of the letter which contains the story of Peter Rabbit complete with illustrations, a map of the beautiful Lake District, a paper version of the game of Peter Rabbit, and the prize jewel in this journal - right at the end of the journal, embedded into it, is a little book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"! One would not know it, for it is concealed so well - and indeed a delight to peruse.

I can't recommend this highly enough. I am a life-long fan of Beatrix Potter and my three-year old daughter is following in my footsteps. It is such a treat to be able to share this book with her!

Editorial Review:

This lavish, illustrated journal describes Beatrix Potter’s life as a young woman in Victorian England as she struggles to achieve independence and to find artistic success and romantic love. Using witty, observant commentary taken from Beatrix’s own diaries, the journal features a wealth of watercolor paintings, sketches, photographs, letters and period memorabilia to recreate the world in which she lived.

Dealing with the Stuff That Makes Life Tough : The 10 Things That Stress Teen Girls Out and How to Cope with Them

Jill Zimmerman Rutledge

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

With compassion and insight, an expert counselor shows teen girls how to find the solutions to stress and anxiety that lie within

Parents, schoolwork, boyfriends, college . . .it's enough to make any teenage girl wish she could just snap her fingers and make it all go away. But with the click of her heels, she'll soon discover that the means to dealing with stress were always within her power. Dealing with the Stuff That Makes Life Tough helps teenage girls find the wisdom within to overcome stress in their lives.

A serious self-help guide for teenage girls that is neither preachy nor condescending, Dealing with the Stuff That Makes Life Tough uses real-life anecdotes to help readers triumph over difficulties. Common teen anxieties include:

• Body image
• Dating
• Divorce
• Depression
• Insomnia
• Friends and bullies
• Substance abuse
• Gay and lesbian issues

The book also includes short introductions of each subject, expert quotes, statistics, key points, reading lists, Web pages, and toll-free numbers.

Girls Life Application Study Bible NLT (Kid's Life Application Bible)

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

This fun, fresh Bible, created especially for girls ages 8 to 12, presents God's Word in a meaningful way that helps them grow strong in their faith. Special features address issues girls and boys are facing at this age related directly to the experiences of living and growing up. There are many special features, including profiles of women in the Bible, character dilemmas ("How should I respond in this situation?"), answers to hot issues of the day, and--on the lighter side--some accounts of embarrassing stories that have happened to boys and girls at this age.

Features:

• Age-appropriate notes.
• Attractive cover designs.
• 16 pages of full-color illustrations about Bible-time daily life and customs.
• Presentation page.
• 1 year Greatest Stories reading plan.
• Quick Answers topical index.
• At-a-Glance--A first-person narration by women of the Bible about their own experiences and lessons learned.
• What Now?--Authentic, third-person scenarios in a conversational format designed to challenge readers to make their own decision about a real-life situation, pointing to Scripture for answers.
• I Survived!--Personal stories of how older teens handled situations tweens are currently facing.
• I'm Not the Only One!--Gives a lighter perspective on embarrassing situations.
• Is It OK?--A reality check on what the Bible has to say about questions that are really on kids' minds.
• Amazing Facts--Interesting tidbits of Bible information designed to hook readers to Scripture.
• Memory verses, charts, maps, book introductions, Plan of Salvation, and how to Read the Bible.

Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

Catherine Thimmesh

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Empowering and informative 5 out of 5 stars.
15 of 15 people found this review helpful.

This book goes a long way towards encouraging girls (and women!) to put their creative powers to practical use. It is so gratifying to learn that many everyday items (ice cream cones; Toll House cookies) were invented by women. And the items that are not so 'everyday' (Kevlar; space shields) have such a positive impact on the world around us. The illustrations are wonderfully creative, blending the fascinating details of the text into whimsical collages. Don't forget the sidebars - lots of fun facts there as well.

Loved it. Very inspirational. 5 out of 5 stars.
13 of 14 people found this review helpful.

I first read the book with my daughter and then shared it with my Girl Scout troop. It was very inspirational and a joy to see some many innovations coming from women.

Editorial Review:

In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cookie). What inspired these women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities?