Short
Subtitle: walking tall when you're not tall at all
By: John Schwartz
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Rb Flash Point/Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781596433236
Subjects: Body image; Biology; Short Stature; Developmental biology; Short people; Human growth; Juvenile literature; Growth; Tallness and shortness; Growth (Biology); Growing up; Biography; Size
Other titles: Walking tall when you're not tall at all
Description: Takes a look at the marketing, psychology, and mythology behind the obsession with height, revealing that being short does not have to be a disadvantage.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-124) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The fixers; title: Does size matter?; title: Why me?; title: Why Ross Perot will never be president; title: Doom and gloom; title: Bullies; title: Growing up short: a user's guide; title: Empire state human; title: The taming power of the small; title: The beginning; title: Source notes; title: Further reading and viewing; title: Index.