A Girl Named Dan (Picture Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (816 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1585363510 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Long before the boundary-breaking ruling of Title IX, young women across the country used grit and determination to prove that barriers of gender have no place on a level playing field. Renée lives in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.. Ten-year-old Dandi (affectionately called "Dan" by family and friends) lives and breathes baseball. She has also illustrated many books in the My First Little House series. Her books with Sleeping Bear Press include Paul Bunyan's Sweetheart and B is for Bookworm: A Library Alphabet. And there's no bigger fa
"Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children" according to Yana V. Rodgers. 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 . Her story reminds young girls to handle their defeats with strength, courage and optimism Midwest Book Review In 1972, 37 words that made up the Title IX of the Educational Amendment ended sex discrimination under federally financed educational programs. For one author that law hit close to home plate, it meant girls were given a chance - to play ball! Author, Dandi Daley Mackall, shares her spirit of determination in. What a wonderful story!!! Nannieoakley 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
From School Library Journal Grade 2–4—In this fictionalized picture-book account of an incident from Mackall's childhood, it is 1961 and Dandi's dreams center on baseball. Although the rules state "for boys only," Dandi enters and wins, only to be disqualified. . Instead, the A's send her a consolation prize, a bat. Mackall seamlessly weaves a good deal of baseball trivia and slang into her tale, and Graef's folksy paintings add detail and character. All rights reserved. Dandi is an engaging and sympathetic heroine, and her st