Create Your Own Girl Band

Children's Literature

We can do it too! That's what teens who use this Girl Band workbook are likely to conclude. Using short bulleted lists, personal quizzes, and shaded, quick-fact boxes, the fictional girl group Kandy Floz has given Scholastic and Chicken House a winner. There are ideas for costumes and makeup and lots of inspirational stories from already-successful songsters, like Brittany Spears and the Spice Girls. Girls can stick the small book in a purse or back jeans pocket and take it along to share with friends and budding band members. One of a series of "Girl" books, Girl Band is filled with bits of "PSST! Gossip" segments that create an intimate, I'll-tell-this-to-you-alone feeling. The inexpensive format and the easy conversational tone the author employs will insure a wide, enthusiastic audience among a new generation of aspiring performers. 2001, Chicken House/Scholastic, $4.99. Ages 12 to 17. Reviewer:Earlene Viano