Short - Walking Tall When You're Not Tall At All
John Schwartz
Publisher: Flash Point
Summary
A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO GROWING UP SHORT. Part science book, part memoir—abook for everyone concerned about looking (or feeling) different.When veteran journalist John Schwartz took a close look at famous height studies, he made a surprising discovery: being short doesn't have to be a disadvantage! Part advice book, part memoir, and part science primer, this fascinating book explores the marketing, psychology, and mythology behind our obsession with height and delivers a reassuring message to kids of all types that they canwalk tall—whatever it is that makes them different.Short is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Available since: 04/13/2010.
Print length: 152 pages.
