Books, Children's Books, Issues, Weight

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Sarah Dessen
Keeping the Moon (reissue)
by Puffin (Paperback)

Fifteen-year-old Colie is spending the summer with her eccentric Aunt Mira while her mother travels. Formerly chubby and still insecure, Colie has built a shell around herself. But her summer with her aunt, her aunt's tenant Norman, and her friends at the Last Chance Diner&150teaches her some important lessons about friendship and learning to love yourself.

Jean Potter
Science in Seconds for Kids: Over 100 Experiments You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less
by Jossey-Bass (Paperback)

Make lightning in your room! Keep paper dry under water! Lose weight by going upstairs! See colors that aren’t there! Experience the magic of science with these quick, easy experiments and activities from Jean Potter. You can complete each activity in ten fun-filled minutes or less. Clear, step-by-step instructions and illustrations help you get it right every time. The projects help you learn about everything from why eggs aren’t round to how submarines surface and submerge. You will find most of the required materials already in your home, backyard, or neighborhood, and you can perform the experiments practically anywhere. The 108 activities in this book cover twelve different subject areas, including air, animals, energy, gravity, magnetism, light, the human body, and much more. You’ll make a rainbow right on your floor, pop a balloon with a magnifying glass, make a coffee can roll back to you after you’ve pushed it away, and bend water as it streams from your ...

Tricia Rayburn
The Melting of Maggie Bean
by Aladdin (Paperback)

Maggie looked down and barely saw her toenails peeking out from the shadow of her stomach. She closed her eyes and slowly stepped onto the scale. Once she finally opened her eyes, Maggie almost fell off the scale.Maggie Bean's having a tough year. Since her dad lost his job he spends more time watching TV than talking to his family, and her mom's totally stressed about money. So Maggie focuses on what she does best: keeping up her straight-A average and eating chocolate.Lots and lots of chocolate.But everything changes when Maggie gets a chance to try out for the synchronized swim team. Becoming a Water Wing has always been Maggie's dream -- who wouldn't want to have an instant circle of friends and wear that cute silver bathing suit? As a Water Wing, maybe she'll start believing she's more than just a socially awkward bookworm. Maybe people will see past the extra weight she's recently gained to the funny, cool girl hiding underneath. And maybe, just maybe, Peter Applewood will ...

Sarah Albee
The Dragon's Scales (Step Into Reading + Math: A Step 2 Book)
by Topeka Bindery (School & Library Binding)

When a hot-tempered dragon seizes the local bridge, the people ofBerryville are cut off from their supply of beloved strawberries until they cancorrectly answer three questions related to weight. The grownups of the townare stumped, but one very smart little girl saves the day with some facts shelearned in school.

Tricia Rayburn
Maggie Bean Stays Afloat
by Aladdin (Paperback)

She was no longer the boring girl who hid in her bedroom eating mounds of chocolate every night. She was the new and improved Maggie Bean, and she was going to do her best to convince Peter Applewood that she was the girl for him. At the end of her tumultuous year, Maggie Bean is a very happy, healthy girl. After months of Pound Patrollers attendance, diet, and tough swim workouts, the scale now reads 146. But Maggie isn't resting on her laurels - she's got a busy summer ahead. Not only is she new and improved, but she's decided now is the right time to tell Peter her true feelings.

Carolyn Mackler
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (Teen's Top 10 (Awards))
by Candlewick (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2003-07-14)

Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.

Anne M. Fletcher
Weight Loss Confidential Journal: Week-by-Week Success Strategies for Teens from Teens
by Houghton Mifflin (Hardcover)

Weight Loss Confidential Journal is two things in one. It's a roomy journal where you can write down what you eat, how much you exercise, and how you feel as you start to make changes in your life. It's also a personal trainer, filled with advice from other teens who lost weight — as much as 50 to 100 pounds. You'll get hundreds of tips, like how to start exercising when you don't want to and how to stop yourself from overeating. The journal gives you tons of ideas for good-for-you munchies and super-quick meals that teens like to make, from chili and pita pizza to instant "cheesecake." Plus a week's worth of easy, low-cal breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and snacks to get you started on the road to your best weight.

Barthe DeClements
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade
by Puffin (Paperback)

The award-winning national bestseller! When Elsie Edwards becomes the new girl in the fifth grade, nothing seems fair--but lots of things are fun. "Absolutely marvelous."--Parents' Choice.

Mr. Skinny (Mr. Men and Little Miss)
by Price Stern Sloan (Paperback) (Release Date: 2000-12-04)

No collection is complete without the latest adorable additions to the ever-popular, always brimming with personality, Mr. Men and Little Miss family. He's sick of being the skinniest guy in Fatland. Do Dr. Plump and Mr. Greedy have the cure?

Stephen Cosgrove
Catundra (reissue) (Serendipity)
by Price Stern Sloan (Paperback) (Release Date: 2001-12-31)

Catundra is a very fat cat, and all the other animals make fun of her. It takes friendship, exercise, and healthy foods for Catundra to be happy again.

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