Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth Penguin, 2012 3 volumes I love BBC TV. Even the old shows, with their fuzzy camera work and costumes that look as if they came out of a long-neglected dress-up bin. I don't have cable, however, and can't get PBS over my TV antenna, so I have to make … Continue reading Call the Midwife
Mama Miti
Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya by Donna Jo Napoli; ill. by Kadir Nelson Simon & Schuster, 2010 40 pages I've written before about my desire to raise my daughter with a nuanced view of Africa, one that's more multi-dimensional than the depressing and patronizing portrayal in popular media. Part of what … Continue reading Mama Miti
Super Secondaries: The Women (and Girls) of Harry Potter
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling; ill. by Mary GrandPre Scholastic Shortly after I started writing this blog, I had an idea for a series: something that would recognize books with strong female secondary characters. After all, girls don't always read books about girls--nor should they. But we can still steer them to books with … Continue reading Super Secondaries: The Women (and Girls) of Harry Potter
Read Like a Girl 