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A Girl Named Dan (Picture Books) | 
| Author: Dandi Daley Mackall
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 973588
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 29
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 9.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 1585363510
EAN: 9781585363513
ASIN: 1585363510
Publication Date: May 2008
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What a wonderful story!!! August 31, 2008
I grew up playing baseball with my two brothers back in that same era and, though they always let me play with them in neighborhood games, I remember being jealous that they could be in Little League and I couldn't because I was a girl. Dandi Mackall's delightful book brought back so many memories and the fact that her story is true makes it all the better! Hooray for Dandi!
Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children August 14, 2008
Dandi, an athletic and competitive girl growing up during the early 1960s in Hamilton, Missouri, is a talented baseball player and a devoted fan. She knows all the baseball jargon and wants nothing more than to play ball with the boys during recess and after school. But at a time when the U.S. legal structure and social norms still did not give girls and women equal opportunities in sports, Dandi has little recourse when the boys decide they don't want her to join them in the ball field.
Determined to stay in the game, Dandi uses her other strong skill in writing to enter an essay contest held by the Kansas City A's to recruit batboys. In an attempt to bypass the "for boys only" requirement, she signs her submission with her nickname Dan. Dandi's experience teachers her that it takes more than a simple trick to be a winner and feel like a winner in any competition.
Although A Girl Named Dan focuses on baseball, parents and teachers can use this interesting book to teach children a powerful set of lessons about discrimination and how legal reforms have helped to change discriminatory practices. In this case, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits unequal treatment by sex in all education-related activities that receive federal financial assistance. The book provides a valuable opportunity to talk with children about the barriers that girls used to face within and outside of school, and the extent to which those barriers have changed.
Amazing and Encouraging...and true! May 23, 2008
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This is a fantastic book for girls AND for boys. Girls will see what was like before Title IX, and they'll be challenged to dream. And boys need to see what it's like to be denied on the basis of gender. The baseball slang and story are terrific, but don't miss the author's letter in the front. It gives such a nice flavor and picture of what the world was like in 1961.
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