Picture Perfect: What You Need to Feel Better about Your Body

By Jill S. Zimmerman Rutledge and Jill Zimmerman Rutledge

Book Overview

Do you ever wish you looked like someone else? Or that you could skip school because you feel self-conscious about your appearance? Do you think you're fat or ugly, even though everyone says you're... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0757306071
• ISBN13: 9780757306075
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Hci
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 11 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 11

Customer Reviews

Great for preteens and teens

If you have a preteen or teenage daughter who has ever voiced thoughts about negative body image, this may be the perfect book for her. This book is a straight-forward, useful and fun read and might be the key to unlocking a strong sense of self in a girl you know! For my complete review, please visit http://2passthetorch.com/2008/06/06/book-review-and-giveaway-picture-perfect/

Helping girls to appreciate and celebrate their strengths

Unfortunately, many girls and adult women in our society put way too much pressure on themselves and each other to look and be perfect. In her book, Picture Perfect, Jill Zimmerman Rutledge helps to empower tweens and teens by addressing body issues girls constantly struggle with and worry about--from weight, body type, and fashion concerns, to the cruelty of peers who tease or harass you for how you look. You'll find practical advice and tips other girls have used to help them appreciate and respect their bodies and learn that they are perfect by simply being who they are meant to be--themselves!

Superb Information for Teen Girls

Picture Perfect is great reading for teenage girls; very understandable and clearly written. It really focuses in on the issues young ladies face with their body image. Great scenarios and solutions are provided. Quizzes are included, as well as a wonderful inspirational pages! This book makes a great gift for a young, teen girl!!!

This book should be on every girls' book shelf

Jill Zimmerman Rutledge is as skillful with the world of teen girls as a composer is with sounds. She cares about every feeling, every heart ache, every joy, every concern of girls' lives. The coping strategies she suggests are geared to every personality type of teen girl. Reading the book feels as if Jill, the writer is a wise teen girl who is reaching out to other teen girls out there with compassion. I recommend this book for every teenager, grandparent/parent, the faculty/administrators of girls schools and just about anybody who deals with girls.

Helpful for teenage girls...and their parents can learn something, too

This book is very useful. It speaks directly to teens and offers several ways to deal with negative thoughts about body image, eating, and other issues. The sections on positive perfectionism and negative perfectionism are helpful for teens and adults alike, offering specifics about how perfectionism can be a positive force in any person's life. As with the author's last book, I have bought copies for each of my teenaged nieces and our baysitters. I recommend it to any teen girl and her parents.