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Students were asked to respond to the following question:

What were some of the books you read as a child? How were girls portrayed in those books and what do you think of those portrayals now?

All reflections are in .doc format

Cordts, Jennifer. When I was a child I liked books that had a lot of female characters...

Kelly, Kathleen. When I was a child I read many books that had girls in it...

McCaffrey, Jasmine. One of my favorite books to read as a child was the Berenstain Bear...

McNeil, Katie. To be honest I didn’t really read much as a child...

Meitl, Sarah. When I was a young child, I was not an enthusiastic reader...

Moncrief, Kelsey. Some of my earliest memories were of wanting to learn how to read...

Ostlind, Sidney. I always remember my mom reading the Little House on the Prairie...

Raab, Katie. To be quite honest, I have never really thought about my personal...

Richards, Amanda. When I was younger, I used to read the Babysitter’s Club book series...

Roberts, Stephanie. As a young child I can clearly remember reading many books...

Sanford, Dan. The books that I read in my childhood did not have very prevalent female characters...

Schiffelbein, Emily. As a child and preteen, I would read many types of books...

Wenzel, Anna. Most teachers would agree that having your child read...

 

 

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