Picture Perfect

As a mom, it can be difficult to ensure that your daughter grows up with a good body image, especially when the media, her friends, and everyone else is telling her how she should look. And in today's world, this problem has become more than a trend - it's an epidemic. Luckily, Jill S. Zimmerman Rutledge’s honest and understanding book for pre-teen and teenage girls deals with this very issue.

My Life, Unscripted

This new young adult book by Tricia Goyer is both unique and compelling. What makes it so interesting (though not entirely “unscripted”) is the fact that the book is made up of actual scripts, both fiction and nonfiction, written in the style of a scriptwriter.

(There is director lingo and everything.) Together, the different scenes tell the reader about Goyer’s life, which, she admits, can at times play out like “a bad teen movie.” But they also encourage the reader to reflect and attach scripts to their own heretofore “unscripted” experiences - which is especially important for teens.

Pressured Parents...

Leading parenting researcher, Wendy S. Grolnick, and parenting journalist, Kathy Seal, team together in this great guide for parents about how to channel anxieties...

Body Talk

Few things strike as much fear into the hearts of both girls and parents as much as puberty. From figuring out how to choose a bra and understanding varieties of tampons to eating healthy foods and handling crushes, it can be an incredibly difficult time for any girl. Enter Nancy Rue. Her book Body Talk answers every question a girl could have, with stories, activities, and advice to not only help open the lines of communication between girls and their parents but to help girls enter young adulthood with confidence and fortitude.

Girl Politics

Nancy Rue’s valuable book for girls reads like part guidebook and part tween magazine. Meant to be a resource for girls navigating the dangerous waters of cafeteria politics and tween friendships, GirlPolitics is an important read for all tween girls, whether they are their school’s most popular social butterfly or can’t seem to figure out where they fit in. With fictional stories about girls’ experiences, quizzes and activities, and important information to help girls deal with friends, bullies, cliques, and online social networking, Rue’s book gives girls all the information parents want their kids to have but can’t always make clear.