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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Blending personal narrative and investigative reporting, Emmy Award-winning journalist Cole Kazdin reveals that disordered eating is an epidemic crisis killing millions of women. Women of all ages struggle with disordered eating, preoccupation with food, and body anxiety. Journalist Cole Kazdin was one such woman, and she set out to see if the impossibility of her own full recovery from an eating disorder was all in her head. Interviewing women across...
Author
Publisher
Puppy Dogs & Ice Cream, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A positive body image starts with you! No body looks exactly the same. It's ok to be different. There's so many shapes and sizes that are all meant to be celebrated. In this children's book about body diversity, kids will learn the importance of not bullying or judging others for how they look. Kids will be inspired to start loving and accepting themselves for who they are." -- Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Freedom is loving your body with all its "imperfections" and being the perfectly imperfect you! Love Your Body encourages young girls to admire and celebrate their bodies for all the amazing things they can do, and to help girls see that they are so much more than their bodies"--Back cover.
6) Handbook of positive body image and embodiment: constructs, protective factors, and interventions
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xviii, 443 pages : illustrations, tables ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Positive body image entails appreciating, loving, respecting, nurturing, protecting, and seeing beauty in the body regardless of its consistency with media appearance ideals. Embodiment reflects a connection between the mind and the body, which have a continual dialectical relationship with the world, and includes positive body connection, body agency and functionality, attuned self-care, positive experiences with body desires, and living in the body...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Academy Award-winning film star and best-selling author of Then Again describes the ups and downs of living in a beauty-obsessed world, recounting stories about a makeup artist's embarrassing advice, her trip to Victoria's Secret with her teen daughter and more.
8) Depression
Series
Nursing clinics of North America volume 26, no. 3
Publisher
W.B. Saunders
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
xvi, p. 527-803 : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
vi, 151 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Fascinating exploration of the history, culture, science, and business of beauty, this title features a stunning range of beauty archetypes to help young women redefine their concepts of beauty while emphasizing self-expression, self-invention, and a healthy irreverence toward traditional ideals. Full-color photos and illustrations.
10) Some bodies
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Through playful rhymes and colorful artwork, all the things that make our bodies special-from the texture of our hair to the color of our eyes-are celebrated. This sweet and inclusive book encourages young readers to acknowledge and accept differences, and offers the perfect opportunity to open up conversations about body acceptance. Back matter includes tips and conversation starters for parents and educators to use with children"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jemima Jones is overweight—about one hundred pounds overweight. Treated like a maid by her thin social-climbing roommates, and lorded over by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented but better paid) at the Kilburn Herald, Jemima's only consolation is food. Add to this her passion for her charming, sexy, and unobtainable colleague Ben, and Jemima knows her life is in need of a serious change. When she meets Brad, an eligible California hunk,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The newest heartwarming novel from the New York Times bestselling author tells the story of two friends who make a promise to face their deepest hopes and greatest fears by agreeing to stop waiting to lose weight and start living now. Marley, Georgia, and Emerson met at fat camp as teens, and they never would have survived it without each other. They bonded against the disapproval of their family and friends by loving each other for who they were...
14) Smaller sister
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
312 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Maggie Edkins Willis's Smaller Sister is a debut middle grade graphic novel about body image, confidence, and the everlasting bond of sisterhood. Lucy's always looked up to her big sister, Olivia, even though the two are polar opposites. But then, Lucy notices Olivia start to change. She doesn't want to play with Lucy anymore, she's unhappy with the way she looks, and she's refusing to eat her dinner. Finally, Lucy discovers that her sister is not...
15) The good body
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 95 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Series
World around us volume 5
Publisher
Orca Books Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this illustrated nonfiction picture book, child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts introduces young readers to the ideas of body safety and body image."--
19) The mask
Author
Publisher
CJ Sparrow Publication
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"He was born that way. Few would forgive his appearance. Fear and revulsion, even rage, were not unfamiliar to him. The villagers, but for one small child, have not been kind. The forest, his home, was not only a sanctuary, ironically, it also became his prison. One day, the forest offered him something more. What he found both chilled and excited him. It was a discovery that would change his life forever. The Mask is an allegorical tale that touches...
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