Lyn Brown: 7 books

Originally published in the spring 2015 issue of Quilter's World magazine, this lovely quilt pattern offers creativity with color. For example, you can try a monochromatic color palette of blues to create a soothing day-at-the-beach quilt. The finished size is 63" x 79".

For some time, reality TV, talk shows, soap-operas, and sitcoms have turned their spotlights on women and girls who thrive on competition and nastiness. Few fairytales lack the evil stepmother, wicked witch, or jealous sister. Even cartoons feature mean and sassy girls who only become sweet and innocent...

Quarantined: What Now?   It’s the apocalypse—again! It come in the form of shambling, brain eaters. What are you going to do? Pick up your copy of Zombiefied: Hazardous Material and find out in 27 of the best stories on zombies. Shamble on over to your chair and enjoy humorous,...

A playbook for working with and training girls to be activists of their own social movements Drawing from a diverse collection of interviews with women and girl activists, Powered by Girl is both a journalistic exploration of how girls have embraced activism and a guide for adults who want...

The stereotype-laden message, delivered through clothes, music, books, and TV, is essentially a continuous plea for girls to put their energies into beauty products, shopping, fashion, and boys. This constant marketing, cheapening of relationships, absence of good women role models, and stereotyping...

Tales of wise, ancient dragons hoarding treasure, terrorizing villages, and doing battle with noble heroes have long fascinated us. But dragons were not born old and wise, nor were heroes born brave and noble. Wings of Change gathers tales of young dragons growing into their scales and claws,...

The works of Poe were dark and often disturbing. From dismembered corpses, rivals bricked behind cellar walls, murders in back alleys, laments for lost loves, obsessions that drive men - and women! - to madness, his stories have had a profound impact on both the horror and mystery genres to this day. In...