Target: ELEM nontraditional gender roles

[Kathleen Odean <kathleenodean@CS.COM>]

My guide Great Books for Girls (Ballantine, 1997) annotates more than 600 books for 
ages 3-14 that feature nontraditional roles for girls, women and (yes) talking 
female animals.  The main characters are involved in sports, science, business, 
adventure, and survival stories.  They are detectives, dragon-slayers, explorers, 
and leaders of all kinds.

As a children's librarian for 17 years, I wanted to offer parents, teachers, and 
librarians a quick way to find books with strong female characters.  I've updated 
the guide, and a new one will be published by Ballantine next May.

My guide Great Books for Boys includes books with nontraditional roles (as well as 
about 100 books about girls) but it is mainly aimed at getting boys to read more.

Kathleen Odean, Children's Literature Consultant
Author, Great Books for Girls and Great Books for Boys
Barrington, RI
kathleenodean@cs.com

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