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FIRST WORDS: Patti Kay’s Dreamworks
Advanced
young readers (6-8 yrs)
By Kathleen O’Grady
Illustrations by Brona Keenan
Bayeux Press, 2000 (http://www.bayeux.com)
Kathleen
O'Grady creates the wondrous world of Patti Kay –
luminous with
blue-eyed
beetles, fireflies, waltzing petunias, Lish the goldfish, calico kittens
mewing in falsetto,
and orange kangaroos singing “Old King Cole was a merry old soul…..”
(more...)
SWEET
SECRETS: Stories of Menstruation
Adolescent
girls (11-16 years)
Authored
and Edited by Kathleen O'Grady and Paula Wansbrough
Sumach Press, 1997 (www.sumachpress.com)
In
her diary, Anne Frank describes the coming of her period as a “sweet
secret,” a
step toward womanhood she anticipates with wonder, joy, confusion and
fear. Girls
today often experience this time of their lives with the same mixture of
emotions.
“What’s going on with my body?
What does menstruation feel like?
How will my
friends react?”
Focusing on their concerns about menstruation, and supplemented
by
clearly articulated health information, this unique collection of short
stories will reassure
and enlighten young women...(more...)
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