Gender Bias in Literature “Men Fix Things…Girls Have Dolls” -Shirley B. Ernst I have thought about many different ways to organize this paper and have come to the conclusion that the best way to approach the topic is on a book-by-book basis. My perceptions of the gender biases in these books vary greatly and I did not want to begin altering my views on each so that they would fit into certain contrived connections. …showed first 75 words of 2204 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2204 total…a responsibility to dialogue these notions with our students so that they will have the insight to write about it in the future. Bibliography Bibliography · Bloor, Edward. Tangerine. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1997. · Coman, Carolyn. What Jamie Saw. New York: Puffin Books, 1995. · Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons. New York: Harper Trophy, 1994. · Ernst, Shirley B. “Gender Issues in Books for Children and Young Adults.” Battling Dragons. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1995. · Sachar, Louis. Holes. New York: Frances Foster Books, 1998.