Short : walking tall when you're not tall at all

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Title:

Short : walking tall when you're not tall at all

Author:

Schwartz, John, 1957-

Personal Author:

Schwartz, John, 1957-

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Rb Flash Point, [2010]

Physical 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.

Language:

English

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.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.1 4.0 136791.

Personal Subject:

Schwartz, John, 1957- -Juvenile literature.

Title Subject:

Growing up. -- Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

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.