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Author Schwartz, John, 1957-

Title Short : walking tall when you're not tall at all / John Schwartz.

Publication Info. New York : Rb Flash Point, 2010.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA612.6 SC95    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J612.66 S    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J612.6 SCHWARTZ    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J612.66 SCH9S    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xii, 132 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary Takes a look at the marketing, psychology, and mythology behind the obsession with height, revealing that being short does not have to be a disadvantage.
Contents Introduction -- The fixers -- Does size matter? -- Why me? -- Why Ross Perot will never be president -- Doom and gloom -- Bullies -- Growing up short: a user's guide -- Empire state human -- The taming power of the small -- The beginning -- Source notes -- Further reading and viewing -- Index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-124) and index.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.1 4.0 136791.
Subject Stature, Short -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Stature, Short -- Psychological aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Human growth -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Human growth -- Psychological aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Body image -- Juvenile literature.
Short people -- Juvenile literature.
Short people -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Schwartz, John, 1957- -- Juvenile literature.
Added Title Short : walking tall when you are not tall at all
ISBN 9781596433236
159643323X
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