Monthly Archives: July 2017

Barbie and Ken By Cynthia Lawrence and Bette Lou Maybee

Posted on July 28, 2017 by mondomolly

How these popular high school classmates solve their dilemmas makes for many hours of entertaining reading! Upon her introduction in 1959, Mattel’s Barbie doll was intended to be something of a blank slate: a glamorous avatar on which girls could … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Up The Down Staircase By Bel Kaufman

Posted on July 15, 2017 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2017 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. As all of the four selected titles have filmed adaptations, we will be looking at the movie versions as we go along. … Continue reading →

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