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Can a fat teenager find happiness? Cherie Bennett, author of the young adult novel "Life In the Fat Lane," talks about binge-and-barf clubs, Madeleine Albright's thighs
and why well-meaning mothers often make things worse.
By Leora Tanenbaum
March 11, 1998
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Two black authors explore tales of same-sex and interracial teenage love in a new crop of young-adult novels. In her monthly children's books column, Polly Shulman reviews 'Lives of Our Own' by Lorri Hewett and 'The House you Pass On the Way' by Jacqueline Woodson
By Polly Shulman
February 24, 1998
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Once upon a time, every boy and girl could recite poetry. Verse went out with T.S. Eliot, but now it's back and running rampant through children's literature. Polly Shulman reviews four new books.
By Polly Shulman
January 12, 1998
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Toys make
natural heroes for children in literature as well as in life. In her first
monthly book column, Polly Shulman looks at the little heroes of Hans
Christian Andersen's "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," E.T.A. Hoffmann's
"Nutcracker" and "The Pasteboard Bandit," a rediscovered book by Harlem
Renaissance writers Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes
By Polly Shulman
December 12, 1997
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A mother goes to
a laser tag arcade with her teenage sons and has an emotonal meltdown.
By Joyce Maynard
November 5, 1997
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Like you, I had
my suspicions about the rah-rah moms, the ones who made a hobby (or a
career) out of their kids' school years. And then I became one of them.
By Joyce Millman
October 22, 1997
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With love and irritation, a professor remembers the books she grew up with -- and away from.
By Laura Green
October 17, 1997
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A teenage girl learns about her mother and Australia during a summer holiday.
By Caitlin Talbot
September 24, 1997
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Kids love bugs.
A review of insect-related children's books, toys and candy, by Andrea
Gollin.
By Andrea Gollin
September 18, 1997
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Salon magazine: Reference books don't have to be boring anymore.
By Andrea Gollin
September 4, 1997
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Salon magazine: No parent wants to be like that evil, creativity-squelching teacher in the Harry Chapin
song, "Flowers Are Red." A look at art kits for kids, by Andrea Gollin.
By Andrea Gollin
August 21, 1997
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Why bad parenting is sometimes good.
By Kate Moses
August 15, 1997
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There's something about the smell of a fresh box of crayons. Coloring with your kids, by Joyce Millman
By Joyce Millman
August 7, 1997
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An introduction
to the work of children's book author Susan Cooper.
By Andrea Gollin
July 31, 1997
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Part one of the Mothers Who Think guide to summer reading for kids.
By Andrea Gollin
July 25, 1997
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A review of new
children's picture books.
By Andrea Gollin
July 25, 1997
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What better time
than now to get educational about the ocean? A review of children's
learning toys about the ocean by Andrea Gollin
By Andrea Gollin
July 17, 1997
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There are
several great kits that teach children the basics of gardening by Andrea
Gollin
By Andrea Gollin
July 3, 1997
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A guide to children's products
By Andrea Gollin
June 26, 1997
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Salon magazine: The best
children's products, reviewed by Andrea Gollin
By Andrea Gollin
June 19, 1997
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