Reviving Ophelia
Saving the Souls of Adolescent Girls
An eye opening look at the everyday dangers of being young and female and how adults can help. Here are the unmuted voices of adolescent girls laying bare the harsh day to day reality of being in a media-saturated, "girl poisoning" culture which causes them to stifle their creative spirits and lose their self-esteem. Reviving Ophelia offers parents compassion, strength, and strategies with which to revive these Ophelias’ lost sense of self.
"An important book . . . Pipher shines high beam headlights on the world of teenage girls." - Los Angeles Times

Written by Mary Pipher, Ph.D.
304 pages. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Softcover ....$12.50*
ISBN 0-345-39282-5.
A Balentine Books publication

Schoolgirls
The Real Lives of School Girls
The powerful account of real girls and the forces that shape, and too often break, the precarious self-confidence of teenage girls. It makes a strong statement about why women's history and other programs to improve girls' self-image and pride in being female continue to be important today.
A New York Times Notable Book of The Year.

Written by Peggy Orenstein
335 pages. 5⁄ 1/4" x 8". Softcover.....$14.95*
Grades 9 – Adult.
ISBN-0-385-42576-7
A National Women’s History Project

The Essential Grandparent
“The Essential Grandparent is a must read book for grandparents of all ages and walks of life. It is a warm, personal and down-to-earth exploration of the years after parenthood that acknowledges the joys and difficulties of the next stage of being. The separating and coming together of new and mature generations can be productive and challenging. Dr. Carson uses her extensive knowledge and experience to help us understand and integrate our own situations so that we can truly make a difference for our grandchildren, our children and ourselves.” -June Sale, M.S.W., former Director, Child Care Services,
UCLA, Editor, UCLA Working Parents Newsletter,
co-author Guide for Working Parents

Written by Dr. Lillian Carson
217 pages. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Softcover....$10.95
ISBN 1-55874-397-9
A Health Communications, Inc. publication

Energizers and Icebreakers
More Energizers and Icebreakers
For learning to occur the body must be alert, the mind acutely focused, and the spirit motivated. Regardless of the age level or the size of your class or group, these energizers and icebreakers will enhance your orientation sessions, increase the effectiveness of “getting to know you” activities, and provide mind focusing exercises that enable learning to occur. Use them anytime to generate interest and achieve enthusiastic involvement and interaction.

Written by Elizabeth Sabrinski Foster, Ed.D. Illustrated by Bill Johnson
Each book 158 pages. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". Softcover..... $9.95*
Energizers and Icebreakers: ISBN 932796-25-7
More Energizers and Icebreakers: ISBN 0-932796-64-8
An Educational Media Corp. publication

Failing at Fairness
How America’s Schools Cheat Girls
Based on twenty years of research by two of the nation’s leading authorities on gender equity in education, this readable synthesis documents the subtle forms of gender bias in education, including the invisibility of women in the curriculum. A “must-read” for any teacher, administrator or parent who cares about girls’ self-esteem.

Written by Myra and David Sadker
347 pages. 51/2" x 81/2". Softcover ....$12.00*
ISBN 0-684-80073-X.
Grades 10 – Adult
A Touchstone Book from Simon and Schuster

Totally Private & Personal
Fourteen year old, award winning author, Jessica Wilber, tells why your journal will be the most important thing you ever write, how it is a release when you’re angry or sad, even wonderfully happy, and sets forth two simple rules for writing; date every entry, and don’t make any more rules.

Written by Jessica Wilber
160 pages
51/2" x 81/2"
Softcover......$9.95*
ISBN 1-57542-005-8

The Right Moves

A Girls Guide to Getting Fit and Feeling Good
This book will inspire you to take care of your body, get fit, stay healthy, and believe in yourself. It is filled with quotes, quizzes, facts and upbeat down-to earth advice. Getting fit and staying healthy is a blend of attitude, eating right and exercise. The Right Moves covers all three.

Written by
Tina Schwager,
P.T.A., A.T.C., and
Michele Schuerger 274 pages. 7" x 9"
Softcover....... $14.95*
ISBN 1-57542-035-X

Taking Charge of My Mind & Body

Every Girls’ Guide to Outsmarting Alcohol, Drugs, Smoking, and Eating Problems
Here is the truth about alcohol, drugs, smoking and food. Exposed are mistaken beliefs about body image, popularity and how to handle problems that lead to risky experimentation. This book is about making good choices.

Written by Gladys Folkers,M.A.and Jeanne Englemann,
200 pages, Softcover.....$13.95*
81/2" x 51/2"
ISBN 1-57542-015-5

A reader friendly, practical, upbeat guide for girls.” --Mary Pipher, Ph.D., Author of Reviving Ophelia

Girls and Young Women

Entrepreneurs
True Stories About Starting and Running a Business Plus How You Can Do It Yourself
Twenty-two successful young entrepreneurs teach you how to think like an entrepreneur, take positive risks, and strengthen your talents. Each had a vision, a dream, motivation, imagination, courage and a belief that nothing could stop her. This book will help you develop those traits in yourself. It includes step by step instructions and information on organizations to contact , a chronology of women in business and helpful resources.

Written by France A. Karnes, Ph.D. and
Suzanne M. Bean, Ph.D. 192 pages.
6" x 9". Softcover ...$12.95*
ISBN 1-57542-022-8

Girls and Young Women

Inventing . . . Twenty True Stories About Inventors and How You Can Be One
Girls and young women are in dire need of role models. The authors wanted to show what young people their age are accomplishing . . . show that the benefits of inventing include stimulating creative thinking; developing problem-solving, research and scientific skills; providing excitement, challenge and fun; building confidence; and providing opportunities to make a contribution to the world.

Written by Frances A. Karnes, Ph.D. and
Suzanne M. Bean. Ph.D. 184 pages
6"x 9". Softcover.... $12.95*
ISBN 1-915793-89-X

Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History

COOL WOMEN is riding the wave of the GIRL POWER revolution.
From the Spice Girls to Reviving Ophelia, girls everywhere are saying ENOUGH to heroine chic and sugar sweet treatment by publishers. Girls today need books just as strong as they are,
and that’s exactly what GIRL PRESS will deliver.
So what is a cool woman? Consider a few glimpses of the stories inside:

» RUSSIAN BOMBER PILOTS screaming across the skies in the most thrilling DOG FIGHTS of World War II

» “GERTRUDE OF ARABIA” trekking across the desert on camel-back

» Josephine Baker shimmying and scandalizing her way across Paris in the ‘20s

» LADY PIRATES breaking all the rules of the high seas and
gender-bending every idea about swashbuckle

Imagine FIFTY stories of the bravest, wildest, most glamorous women in history, all told in a way that every girl can UNDERSTAND, with plenty of PICTURES and COLOR for good measure, and you’ll know what COOL WOMEN is all about.
COOL WOMEN is about the heroines who forgot to behave and
decided to make a difference instead. If you’re looking for nice girls, look somewhere else.

112 pages. 9 1/2" x 9 1/2"
Softcover. .....$19.95*
ISBN 0-9659754-0-1
Hundreds of photos and illustrations
YOUNG ADULT