Author: Lydia Maria Child
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Author: Claudia Nelson
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820336955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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The eleven contributors to The Girl's Own explore British and American Victorian representations of the adolescent girl by drawing on such contemporary sources as conduct books, housekeeping manuals, periodicals, biographies, photographs, paintings, and educational treatises. The institutions, practices, and literatures discussed reveal the ways in which the Girl expressed her independence, as well as the ways in which she was presented and controlled. As the contributors note, nineteenth-century visions of girlhood were extremely ambiguous. The adolescent girl was a fascinating and troubling figure to Victorian commentators, especially in debates surrounding female sexuality and behavior. The Girl's Own combines literary and cultural history in its discussion of both British and American texts and practices. Among the topics addressed are the nineteenth-century attempt to link morality and diet; the making of heroines in biographies for girls; Lewis Carroll's and John Millais's iconographies of girlhood in, respectively, their photographs and paintings; genre fiction for and by girls; and the effort to reincorporate teenage unwed mothers into the domestic life of Victorian America.

Author: Lydia Maria Child
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Activities for girls arranged under the broad headings Active exercises, Keeping animals, Automata, Baskets, Bees, Charades, Enigmas, Games, Instructive games, Games of memory, Gardening, Knitting, netting and crochet, Tatting, Needlework, Ornaments, Poetry, Puzzles, riddles, Rebuses, puzzles, conundrums, Silkworms, and Miscellaneous.

Author: Lydia Maria Francis Child
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 442

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Author: Lydia Maria Child
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 442

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Author: Lori Lansens
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307371549
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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In Lori Lansens’ astonishing second novel, readers come to know and love two of the most remarkable characters in Canadian fiction. Rose and Ruby are twenty-nine-year-old conjoined twins. Born during a tornado to a shocked teenaged mother in the hospital at Leaford, Ontario, they are raised by the nurse who helped usher them into the world. Aunt Lovey and her husband, Uncle Stash, are middle-aged and with no children of their own. They relocate from the town to the drafty old farmhouse in the country that has been in Lovey’s family for generations. Joined to Ruby at the head, Rose’s face is pulled to one side, but she has full use of her limbs. Ruby has a beautiful face, but her body is tiny and she is unable to walk. She rests her legs on her sister’s hip, rather like a small child or a doll. In spite of their situation, the girls lead surprisingly separate lives. Rose is bookish and a baseball fan. Ruby is fond of trash TV and has a passion for local history. Rose has always wanted to be a writer, and as the novel opens, she begins to pen her autobiography. Here is how she begins: I have never looked into my sister’s eyes. I have never bathed alone. I have never stood in the grass at night and raised my arms to a beguiling moon. I’ve never used an airplane bathroom. Or worn a hat. Or been kissed like that. I’ve never driven a car. Or slept through the night. Never a private talk. Or solo walk. I’ve never climbed a tree. Or faded into a crowd. So many things I’ve never done, but oh, how I’ve been loved. And, if such things were to be, I’d live a thousand lives as me, to be loved so exponentially. Ruby, with her marvellous characteristic logic, points out that Rose’s autobiography will have to be Ruby’s as well — and how can she trust Rose to represent her story accurately? Soon, Ruby decides to chime in with chapters of her own. The novel begins with Rose, but eventually moves to Ruby’s point of view and then switches back and forth. Because the girls face in slightly different directions, neither can see what the other is writing, and they don’t tell each other either. The reader is treated to sometimes overlapping stories told in two wonderfully distinct styles. Rose is given to introspection and secrecy. Ruby’s style is "tell-all" — frank and decidedly sweet. We learn of their early years as the town "freaks" and of Lovey’s and Stash’s determination to give them as normal an upbringing as possible. But when we meet them, both Lovey and Stash are dead, the girls have moved back into town, and they’ve received some ominous news. They are on the verge of becoming the oldest surviving craniopagus (joined at the head) twins in history, but the question of whether they’ll live to celebrate their thirtieth birthday is suddenly impossible to answer. In Rose and Ruby, Lori Lansens has created two precious characters, each distinct and loveable in their very different ways, and has given them a world in Leaford that rings absolutely true. The girls are unforgettable. The Girls is nothing short of a tour de force.

Author: Jim Buckley
Publisher: Studio Fun International
ISBN: 9780794432164
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Part activity book, part fact book, and part journal, this book includes hundreds of challenges and spaces to record each performance. Plus there are achievement stickers kids can use as rewards for their accomplishments. YOU are amazing! How amazing? Let’s find out! Inside the pages of this book are oodles of challenges, feats, competitions, and tests of extreme awesomeness. How many pennies can you stack while blindfolded? How many animals can you name in 20 seconds? How many times can you say, “Silly Sally slurps soda slowly,” without making a mistake? Test your mind and body. Record your results. Challenge your friends. How do they measure up? Keep track of your achievments in the space provided, and compare your results against existing world records. Rewards yourself and your friends with the provided stickers and press-out rewards.

Author: Emily Pilloton
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452166374
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329

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Girls Garage is the only book you'll ever need for a lifetime of tools and building. Not sure which screws to buy? Need to fix a running toilet? With Girls Garage, you'll have the expertise to tackle these problems with your own hands. Or maybe you want to get creative and build something totally new. A birdhouse? A bookshelf? Girls Garage has you covered. Packed with illustrations that will build confidence for your next hardware store run, practical advice on everything from quick fixes to safety tips, and inspiring stories from real-world builder girls and women, this eye-catching volume makes the technical accessible. This is the guide every girl needs to take her life into her own hands. Girls, get in touch with your inner badass, and get building • Informative, inspiring, and designed for everyday use, this is the ultimate book of book of building and woodcraft for girls. • A true confidence builder for girls interested in STEM, woodworking, and home improvement. • Along with her design agency and Girl's Garage, Emily Pilloton has been featured on television shows and the documentary film If You Build It. Girls Garage will be both a trusted household resource and a wellspring of inspiration and encouragement in the vein of Women in Science and Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science and the World. • Nonfiction books for girls age 14 and up • Woodcraft, home repair, kids building projects • Inspiring Kids DIY for teens Emily Pilloton is a designer, builder, educator, and founder of the nonprofit design agency Project H Design and Girls Garage. Her ideas have made their way to the TED stage, the Colbert Report, and the full-length documentary If You Build It. She is currently a lecturer in the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Author: Juliana Foster
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1843177293
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219

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The Book For Girls is guaranteed to beat boredom and help girls become the best at everything.

Author: Mary Richards Beaumont
Publisher: American Girl Publishing Incorporated
ISBN: 9781683370109
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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When best friends Aggie and Fiona drift apart in fifth grade, Aggie grows to understand that fading friendships are normal, and she makes a new friend who shares more of her interests.