My Feet Aren't Ugly: A Girl's Guide
to Loving Herself from the Inside Out
by Debra Beck

    MY FEET AREN'T UGLY by Debra Beck
    Illustrated by Maggie Anthony
    Category:  Non-Fiction
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 6+
    Release Date:  4/2/07
    Publisher:  Beaufort Books
    Reviewed by:  Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
    Rating:  4 Stars


    For over a decade, Debra Beck has served as a mentor for young girls, doing workshops and working with
    girls' groups to provide them with positive and supportive guidance.  Drawing upon her own experiences as both
    a woman and a mother of two daughters, she's combined that with the real-life experiences of the girls she's
    worked with to write MY FEET AREN'T UGLY.  This is a self-help, interactive book designed to help girls
    love all aspects of themselves.

    Broken down into nine main parts -- Let's Learn to Like Ourselves, What Are You Afraid Of? Oh, the Dark.
    Me too!, Are You Creative? Yes, Everyone Is!, Being Healthy - Both Physically and Spiritually, Who is Doing
    Drugs?, Kids on the Edge - Teen Suicide, Becoming a Woman - But I'm Still a Kid!, Sex! Is There a Price to
    Pay?, and Have You Started the Healing Yet? -- this is a guide to growing up, and taking control of your
    thoughts and actions.

    Ms. Beck manages to provide guidance without sounding preachy, and providing opportunities for internal
    dialogue and "journal" space to work through scenarios that girls will find easy to relate to.  This is a great guide
    for both pre-teens and teenagers, and would be a great gift for any girl in your life.