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Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE	CALL #
Adler, David A.	Mama Played Baseball	2003	JE ADLER
Adoff, Arnold	Flamboyan	1988	JE
Agell, Charlotte	I Wear Long Green Hair in Summer	1994	JE
Alexander, Martha	Marty McGee's Space Lab, No Girls Allowed	1981	J
Alexander, Sue	Nadia the Willful	1983	JE
Aliki	The Two of Them	1979	J
Anderson, Laurie Halse	Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving	2002	J394.2649 ANDER
Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen	The Man Who Kept House	1992	J398.2
Asch, Frank	Just Like Daddy	1981	JE
Auch, Mary Jane	Chickerella	2005	JE AUCH
Bang, Molly	Ten Nine Eight	1983	JE
Banks, Kate	Mama's Coming Home	2003	JE
Barber, Barbara	Allie's Basketball Dream	1996	J
Barton, Byron	I Want to Be an Astronaut	1988	JE
Bateman, Teresa	The Princesses Have a Ball	2002	J398.2 BATEM
Bauer, Caroline Feller	My Mom Travels a Lot	1981	JE
Bauermeister, Erica	Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 great books for readers 2-14	1997	J808.89016
Benjamin, Cynthia	I Am a Doctor	1994	J BOARDBK
Benjamin, Cynthia	I Am a Firefighter	1995	JE
Benjamin, Cynthia	I Am a Forest Ranger	1995	J639.9
Benjamin, Cynthia	I Am a Pilot	1994	J BOARDBK
Benjamin, Cynthia	I Am a Police Officer	1995	JE
Benjamin, Cynthia	I Am an Astronaut	1996	JE
Berenstain, Stan	The Berenstain Bears and the Female Fullback	1993	J
Berenstain, Stan	The Berenstain Bears: No Girls Allowed	1986	JE
Berenstain, Stan	The Berenstain Bears Play Ball	1998	JE
Berenstain, Stan	He Bear, She Bear	1974	JER BEREN
Blackwood, Mary	Derek the Knitting Dinosaur	1990	JE
Blaine, Marge	The Terrible Thing That Happened at Our House	1975	J
Blegvad, Lenore	Anna Banana and Me	1985	JE
Bourgeois, Paulette	Police Officers	1999	J363.2
Bourgeois, Paulette	Postal Workers	1999	J383.4
Brandenberg, Alexa	I Am Me!	1996	JE
Bridges, Shirin Yim	Ruby's Wish	2002	JE
Browne, Anthony	Piggybook	1986	JE
Caines, Jeannette	Just Us Women	1984	JE
Carlson, Nancy	Louanne Pig in Making the Team	1985	JE
Catalanotto, Peter	The Painter	1995	JE
Celsi, Teresa	The Fourth Little Pig	1992	JE
Christensen, Bonnie	The Daring Nellie Bly: America's Star Reporter	2003	JB B6274CH
Clifton, Lucille	Everett Anderson's Friend	1976	J811
Clinton, Patrick	I Can Be a Father	1988	J306.8
Cohn, Diana	¡Si, Se Puede! - Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A.	2002	S JE COHN
Cole, Babette	Prince Cinders	1988	JE
Cole, Babette	Princess Smartypants	1987	JE
Cole, Babette	Supermoo!	1992	JE
Corey, Shana	Players in Pigtails	2003	JE COREY
Crawford, Susan Hoy	Beyond Dolls and Guns: 101 Ways to Help Children Avoid Gender Bias	1996	J649.1
Crew, Gary	Bright Star	1997	JE
Cristaldi, Kathryn	Baseball Ballerina	1992	JE
Day, Jan	Pirate Pink and Treasures of the Reef	2003	JE DAY
Demarest, Chris L.	Firefighters A to Z	2000	J628.9 DEMAR
dePaola, Tomie	Charlie Needs a Cloak	1973	JE
dePaola, Tomie	Oliver Button Is a Sissy	1979	J
Desimini, Lisa	Policeman Lou and Policewoman Sue	2003	JE DESIM
	Disney's Mulan	1998	J791.437
Dole, Mayra L.	Drum, Chavi, Drum!=¡Toca, Chavi, toca!	2003	S JE DOLE
Douglass, Barbara	Good As New	1982	JE
Duble, Kathleen Benner	Pilot Mom	2003	JE
Duvall, Jill	Meet Rory Hohenstein, A Professional Dancer	1997	J792.8
Duvall, Jill	Who Keeps the Water Clean? Ms. Schindler!	1997	J628.1
Elwin, Rosamund & Michele Paulse	Asha's Mums	1990	JE
Enderle, Judith Ross	Nell Nugget and the Cow Caper	1996	JE
Ernst, Lisa Campbell	Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale	1995	J398.21
Ernst, Lisa Campbell	Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt	1983	JE
Falon, Janet Ruth	The Gender Respect Workbook: Group Activities to Teach Non-Sexist Behavior to Children	1998	PTC J155.43 FALON
	Father Gander Nursery Rhymes: The Equal Rhymes Amendment	1985	J398.8
Faulkner, Matt	The Pirate Meets the Queen	2005	JE FAULK
Fierstein, Harvey	The Sissy Duckling	2002	JE
Fitz-Gerald, Christine Maloney	I Can Be a Mother	1988	J306.8
Flanagan, Alice	A Day in Court with Mrs. Trinh	1997	J344.73
Flanagan, Alice K.	Ms. Murphy Fights Fires	1997	J628.9
Floca, Brian	Five Trucks	1999	JE
Florie, Christine	Cori Plays Football	2005	JER
Frederick, Heather Vogel	The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed	2002	J
Funke, Cornelia	The Princess Knight	2004	JE FUNKE
Geeslin, Campbell	Elena's Serenade	2004	JE GEESL
Gershator, Phillis	Tiny and Bigman	1999	JE
Gerstein, Mordicai	Mountains Of Tibet	1987	JE
Gibeault, Kathi	Susan in the Driver's Seat	1973	J
Gibbons, Faye	Mama and Me and the Model-T	1999	JE
Gilchrist, Jan Spivey	Indigo and Moonlight Gold	1993	JE
Gilliland, Judy Heine	Steamboat!: The Story of Captain Blanche Leathers	2000	JB L48G
Gilman, Phoebe	Grandma and the Pirates	1990	JE
Gilmore, Rochna	Lights for Gita	1994	JE
Glassman, Peter	My Working Mom	1994	JE
Gould, Lois	X: A Fabulous Child's Story	1978	J
Grambling, Lois G.	My Mom Is a Firefighter	2007	JE GRAMB
Green, Michelle Y.	A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson	2002	JB J6353G
Greene, Carla	I Want to Be a Farmer	1959	JE
Greenwood, Pamela D.	I Found Mouse	1994	J
Grifalconi, Ann	Flyaway Girl	1991	JE
Grossman, Patricia	The Night Ones	1991	JE
Gruska, Denise Eliana	The Only Boy in Ballet Class	2007	JE GRUSK
Hague, Kathleen	The Man Who Kept House	1981	J398.22
Hallinan, P. K.	When I Grow Up	1995	JE
Hazen, Barbara Shook	Mommy's Office	1992	JE
Hearne, Betsy Gould	Seven Brave Women	1997	JE
Henkes, Kevin	Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse	1996	JE
Hill, Susanna Leonard	Punxsutawney Phyllis	2005	JE HILL
Hilton, Nette	The Long Red Scarf	1987	JE
Hines, Anna Grossnickle	Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti	1986	JE
Hoban, Russell	Best Friends for Frances	1969	JE
Hodge, Ginger	When Donkeys Fly	2008	JE HODGE
Hodges, Margaret	Joan of Arc: The Lily Maid	1999	JB J571H
Hoffman, Mary	Amazing Grace	1991	JE
Hoffman, Mary	Henry's Baby	1993	JE
Hopkinson, Deborah	Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings	2003	JE HOPKI
Hopkinson, Deborah	Maria's Comet	1999	JE
Horenstein, Henry	My Mom's a Vet	1994	J636.089
Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald	Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys	2000	JE
Howe, James	Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores	1999	JE
Hubbard, Crystal	Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream	2005	JB ST724H
Isaacs, Anne	Swamp Angel	1994	JE
Isaacs, Gwynne	While You Are Asleep	1991	JE
Isadora, Rachel	Max	1976	JE
Isadora, Rachel	No, Agatha!	1980	J
Johnson, Angela	Just Like Josh Gibson	2004	JE
Johnson, Phyllis H.	The Boy Toy	1988	JE
Jones, Bill T.	Dance	1998	J792.8
Joosse, Barbara M.	I Love You the Purplest	1996	JE
Judes, Marie-Odile	Max, the Stubborn Little Wolf	2001	JE
Karr, Kathleen	Mama Went to Jail for the Vote	2005	JE KARR
Kellogg, Steven	Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett: A Tall Tale	1995	J398.2
Kimmel, Eric A.	Charlie Drives the Stage	1989	JE
Kimmel, Eric A.	Easy Work!: An Old Tale	1998	J398.209481
Kirk, David	Miss Spider's New Car	1997	JE
Kirk, David	Miss Spider's Tea Party	1994	JE
Kittinger, Jo S.	When I Grow Up	2004	JER KITTI
Klein, Norma	Girls Can Be Anything	1973	J
Koller, Jackie French	Horace the Horrible	2003	JE KOLLE
Krensky, Stephen	Louise Goes Wild	1999	J
Kroll, Virginia L.	Boy, You're Amazing!	2004	JE KROLL
Kroll, Virginia L.	A Carp for Kimiko	1993	JE
Kroll, Virginia L.	Girl, You're Amazing!	2001	JE
Krull, Kathleen	A Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull	2004	JB W857K
Kunhardt, Edith	I'm Going to Be a Fire Fighter	1989	J628.9
Kuklin, Susan	Hoops with Swoopes	2001	J796.323
Kunstadter, Maria A.	Women Working A to Z	1994	J331.702
Lasker, Joe	Mothers Can Do Anything	1972	J396.5
Lasky, Kathryn	Grace the Pirate	1997	J
Lattimore, Deborah Nourse	Frida Maria: A Story of the Old Southwest	1994	JE
Leaf, Munro	The Story of Ferdinand	1977	JE
Le Guin, Ursula K.	Fish Soup	1992	J
Lenski, Lois	Texas Tomboy	1950	J
Levy, Elizabeth	Nice Little Girls	1974	J
Lindbergh, Reeve	My Hippie Grandmother	2003	JE LINDB
Little, Jean	Jess Was the Brave One	1991	JE
Lowell, Susan	Little Red Cowboy Hat	1997	J398.2
Lyon, George Ella	Mama Is a Miner	1994	JE
Maccarone, Grace	Pizza Party!	1994	JER
Mackall, Dandi Daley	A Girl Named Dan	2008	JE MACKA
Mahy, Margaret	A Busy Day for a Good Grandmother	1993	JE
	Man's Work	1999	J BOARDBK MANS
Marsoli, Lisa Ann	Disney's Mulan	1998	J
Martin, Bill, Jr.	"Fire! Fire!" Said Mrs. McGuire	1996	J398.8
Martin, Bill, Jr. & Michael Sampson	Little Granny Quarterback	2001	JE
Martin, Bill, Jr. & Michael Sampson	Swish!	1997	JE
Martin, Bill, Jr. & John Archambault	White Dynamite and Curly Kidd	1986	JE
Martin, Rafe	The Storytelling Princess	2001	JE
Maury, Inez	My Mother the Mail Carrier	1976	J468.2
Maynard, Christopher	Jobs People Do	1997	J331.7
Maze, Stephanie	I Want to Be a Firefighter	1999	J363.37
McAllister, Angela	Wind Garden	1994	JE
McClintock, Barbara	Dahlia	2002	JE
McCully, Emily Arnold	The Ballot Box Battle	1996	JE
McCully, Emily Arnold	Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu	1998	J
McCully, Emily Arnold	Little Kit, or, The Industrious Flea Circus Girl	1995	JE
McCully, Emily Arnold	Mirette on the High Wire	1992	JE
McCully, Emily Arnold	The Pirate Queen	1995	JB OM1M
McDonald, Megan	Judy Moody Saves the World!	2002	J MCDON
McElroy, Lisa Tucker	Meet My Grandmother: She's a Deep Sea Explorer	2000	JB EA75M
McElroy, Lisa Tucker	Meet My Grandmother: She's a Supreme Court Justice	1998	J347.73 MCELR
McElroy, Lisa Tucker	Meet My Grandmother: She's a United States Senator	2000	JB F327M
McKee, David	The Man Who Was Going to Mind the House	1973	J398.2
McKee, David	Snow Woman	1988	JE
Medearis, Angela Shelf	The Adventures of Sugar and Junior	1995	JE
Merriam, Eve	Boys & Girls, Girls & Boys	1972	J
Merriam, Eve	Daddies at Work	1989	J331.7
Merriam, Eve	Mommies at Work	1961	J331.7
Miller, Margaret	Guess Who?	1994	JE
Miller, Margaret	Who Uses This?	1990	J331.7
Miller, Margaret	Whose Hat?	1988	J391.43
Miller, Margaret	Whose Shoe?	1991	JE
Mills, Claudia	Gus and Grandpa and the Christmas Cookies	1997	J
Mitchell, Joyce Slayton	My Mommy Makes Money	1984	J331.4
Mora, Pat	A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Inés	2002	JB J8701M
Morgan-Vanroyen, Mary	Wild Rosie	1999	JE
Morris, Ann	The Daddy Book	1996	J306.874
Morris, Ann	The Mommy Book	1996	J306.874
Morris, Ann	Work	1998	J306
Morris, Martha	Katherine and the Garbage Dump	1992	JE
Moss, Marissa	Mighty Jackie: The Strike Out Queen	2004	JB M638M
Moss, Marissa	True Heart	1999	JE
Munsch, Robert	Angela's Airplane	1988	JE
Munsch, Robert	Paper Bag Princess	1980	JE
Murphy, Stuart J.	Animals on Board	1998	J513.211
Newman, Leslea	A Fire Engine for Ruthie	2004	JE NEWMA
Nolen, Jerdine	Thunder Rose	2003	JE
Numeroff, Laura Joffe	What Aunts Do Best; What Uncles Do Best	2004	JE NUMER
Numeroff, Laura Joffe	What Grandmas Do Best / What Grandpas Do Best	2000	JE
Numeroff, Laura Joffe	What Mommies Do Best / What Daddies Do Best	1998	JE
O'Book, Irene	Maybe My Baby	1998	JE
Odean, Kathleen	Great Books for Girls	1997	J028.1
Olten, Manuela	Boys Are Best!	2007	JE OLTEN
Oneal, Zibby	A Long Way to Go	1990	J
Oram, Hiawyn	Reckless Ruby	1992	JE
Ormerod, Jan	Sunshine	1981	JE
Pearson, Susan	Everybody Knows That!	1978	J
Pederson, Marika	Mommy Works, Daddy Works	2000	J331.7
Pellegrino, Marjorie White	My Grandma's the Mayor	2000	JE
Perkins, Lynne Rae	Clouds for Dinner	1997	JE
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus	Aunt Lulu	1988	JE
Plourde, Lynn	Margaret Chase Smith: A Woman for President	2008	JB SM62P
Plourde, Lynn	School Picture Day	2002	JE
Polacco, Patricia	Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare	2006	JE POLAC
Pomerantz, Charlotte	Serena Katz	1992	JE
Pulver, Robin	Axle Annie	1999	JE
Rappaport, Doreen	Dirt on Their Skirts	2000	JE
Ready, Dee	Veterinarians	1997	J636.089
Reiser, Lynn	Earthdance	1999	JE
Reynolds, Peter	Sydney's Star	2001	JE
Rockwell, Anne F.	Career Day	2000	JE
Rockwell, Harlow	My Nursery School	1976	J372.2
Root, Phyllis	Big Momma Makes the World	2003	JE ROOT
Root, Phyllis	Old Red Rocking Chair	1992	JE
Ross, Eileen	Nellie and the Bandit	2005	JE ROSS
Ross, Katharine	Sweetie and Petie	1988	J
Rubin, Howie	Dads	2000	J306.8742 RUBIN
Ryan, Pam Muñoz	Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride	1999	J
Sachs, Marilyn	Fleet-Footed Florence	1981	J
Sadler, Marilyn	P.J. Funnybunny Camps Out	1993	JER
San Souci, Robert D.	Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure	1999	J398.209415
San Souci, Robert D.	Fa Mulan: The Story of a Woman Warrior	1998	J398.20951
San Souci, Robert D.	Sister Tricksters: Rollicking Tales of Clever Females	2006	J398.2 SANSO
San Souci, Robert D.	A Weave of Words: An Armenian Tale	1998	J398.2095662
Scamell, Ragnhild	Toby's Doll's House	1998	JE SCAME
Schaefer, Lola M.	We Need Doctors	2000	J610.69 SCHAE
Schaefer, Lola M.	We Need Nurses	2000	J610.73 SCHAE
Schlein, Miriam	The Girl Who Would Rather Climb Trees	1975	J
Schoop, Janice	Boys Don't Knit	1986	JE
Schreier, Joshua	Hank's Work	1993	JE
Severance, Jane	Lots of Mommies	1983	J
Shalev, Meir	My Father Always Embarrasses Me	1988	JE
Shaw, Eve	Grandmother's Alphabet	1997	JE
Sierra, Judy	Tasty Baby Belly Buttons	1999	J398.2
Simac, Kimberly Jo	Girls Play Hockey, Too!	2007	JE SIMAC
Smith, Lane	Madam President	2008	JE SMITH
Souhami, Jessica	Mrs. McCool and the Giant Cuhullin: An Irish Tale	2002	J398.209415
Spinelli, Eileen	Boy, Can He Dance!	1993	JE
Spinelli, Eileen	Night Shift Daddy	2000	JE
Spohn, Kate	Chick's Daddy	1998	Uncat.
Stamm, Claus	Three Strong Women: A Tall Tale from Japan	1962	J398.2
Standiford, Natalie	Astronauts Are Sleeping	1996	JE
Stanley, Diane	Joan of Arc	1998	JB J571STA
Stanley, Diane	Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter	1997	J398.21
Steig, William	Brave Irene	1986	JE
Steptoe, John	Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters	1987	JE
Stewart, Robert	The Daddy Book	1972	JE
Thomassie, Tynia	Feliciana Feydra LeRoux: A Cajun Tall Tale	1995	JE
U'Ren, Andrea	Pugdog	2001	JE
Vaës, Alain	The Princess and the Pea	2001	JE
Van Woerkom, Dorothy	The Queen Who Couldn't Bake Gingerbread	1975	J398.2
Van Woerkom, Dorothy	Something to Crow About	1982	JE
Vigna, Judith	Black Like Kyra, White Like Me	1992	J
Vigna, Judith	I Live with Daddy	1997	JE
Waber, Bernard	Ira Sleeps Over	1972	JE
Waddell, Martin	Big Big Sea	1994	JE
Waggoner, Karen	The Lemonade Babysitter	1992	JE
Warner, Gertrude Chandler	Benny's New Friend	1998	JER
Watson, Pauline	Days with Daddy	1977	JE
Wellington, Monica	Apple Farmer Annie	2001	JE WELLI
Wellington, Monica	Firefighter Frank	2002	JE WELLI
Wells, Rosemary	Shy Charles	1988	JE
Wild, Margaret	Mr. Nick's Knitting	1988	JE
Wild, Margaret	Our Granny	1993	JE
Wilkins, Verna	A B C: I Can Be	1993	JE
Wilkins, Verna	Mum Can Fix It	1987	JE
Williams, Vera	A Chair for My Mother	1982	JE
Williams, Vera	Cherries and Cherry Pits	1986	JE
Willis, Jeanne	I Want to Be a Cowgirl	2002	JE
Winter, Jeanette	The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq	2005	J020.92 WINTE
Winthrop, Elizabeth	Tough Eddie	1985	JE
Wright, Catherine	Steamboat Annie and the Thousand-Pound Catfish	2001	JE
Wyeth, Sharon Dennis	Tomboy Trouble	1998	JER
Yolen, Jane	The Ballad of the Pirate Queens	1995	J
Zolotow, Charlotte	When I Have a Little Girl	1965	JE
Zolotow, Charlotte	When I Have a Little Girl / When I Have a Little Boy	2000	JE
Zolotow, Charlotte	When I Have a Son: A Story	1967	JE
Zolotow, Charlotte	William's Doll	1972	J

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