This title examines the life of Miley Cyrus. Readers will learn about Cyrus's childhood, family, education, and rise to fame. Colorful graphics, oversize photos, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read text that explores Cyrus's early interest in music and talent in singing and acting that led to her breakout role on Hannah Montana and the later release of her albums. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Peggy Orenstein, acclaimed author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestsellers Girls & Sex and Schoolgirls, offers a radical, timely wake-up call for parents, revealing the dark side of a pretty and pink culture confronting girls at every turn as they grow into adults. Sweet and sassy or predatory and hardened, sexualized girlhood influences our daughters from infancy onward, telling them that how a girl looks matters more than who she is. Somewhere between the exhilarating rise of Girl Power in the 1990s and today, the pursuit of physical perfection has been recast as the source of female empowerment. And commercialization has spread the message faster and farther, reaching girls at ever-younger ages. But how dangerous is pink and pretty, anyway? Being a princess is just make-believe; eventually they grow out of it . . . or do they? In search of answers, Peggy Orenstein visited Disneyland, trolled American Girl Place, and met parents of beauty-pageant preschoolers tricked out like Vegas showgirls. The stakes turn out to be higher than she ever imagined. From premature sexualization to the risk of depression to rising rates of narcissism, the potential negative impact of this new girlie-girl culture is undeniable—yet armed with awareness and recognition, parents can effectively counterbalance its influence in their daughters' lives.

America is a corporatized society defined by a culture of consumerism, and the youth market is one of the groups that corporations target most. By marketing directly to children, through television, movies, radio, video games, toys, books, and fast food, advertisers have produced a 'kinderculture'. In this eye-opening book, editor Shirley R. Steinberg reveals the profound impact that our purchasing-obsessed culture has on our children and argues that the experience of childhood has been reshaped into something that is prefabricated. Analyzing the pervasive influence of these corporate productions, top experts in the fields of education, sociology, communications, and cultural studies contribute incisive essays that students, parents, educators, and general readers will find insightful and entertaining. Including seven new chapters, this third edition is thoroughly updated with examinations of the icons that shape the values and consciousness of today's children, including Twilight, True Blood, and vampires, hip hop, Hannah Montana, Disney, and others.

The enchanting story of the real life Hannah Montana and her stunning success as a film, television, and music superstar. This biography tells the story of the real-life Hannah Montana, the daughter of country music superstar Billy Ray Cyrus, who has become an international phenomenon in her own right. Miley Cyrus details the star's life from her Franklin, Tennessee, childhood to snagging the role of Hannah Montana from over 1,000 other hopefuls. The book also follows Cyrus' transition from a wholesome Disney icon to a more mature actress and musician, covering both her efforts to be a positive teen influence, and controversies such as Cyrus' photo shoot for Vanity Fair with her father. As an added bonus, the book offers a complete Hannah Montana episode guide as well as a complete discography of Cyrus' recordings as both Hannah and Miley.

A powerful female, pre-adolescent, consumer demographic has emerged in tandem with girls becoming more visible in popular culture since the 1990s. Yet the cultural anxiety that this has caused has received scant academic attention. In Tweenhood, Melanie Kennedy rectifies this and examines mainstream, pre-adolescent girls' films, television programmes and celebrities from 2004 onwards, including A Cinderella Story (2004), Hannah Montana (2006) and Camp Rock (2008). Her book forges a dialogue between post-feminism, film and television, celebrity and most importantly; the figure of the tween. Kennedy examines how these media texts, which are so key to tween culture, address and construct their target audience by helping them to 'choose' an appropriately feminine identity. Tweenhood then, she argues, is transient and a discursive construct whose unpacking highlights the deification of celebrity and femininity within its culture.

Ever wondered how Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber rose to stardom? Though she has barely reached adulthood, Miley Cyrus has grown up in the media spotlight. The child star of a country music legend has been performing for her entire life, but her recent career transformation is what makes the young artist so fascinating. First famous for becoming a Disney starlet, the actress chose to desert her pristine and family-friendly image for a racier and more controversial public profile. By recording and uploading videos of himself to popular social media site YouTube, a perfectly-coiffed preteen from Ontario, Canada stumbled into the biggest musical opportunity of his lifetime. Plucked from the pages of the internet, Justin Bieber became an overnight success when he was developed from an awkward, but angel-voiced adolescent into a swaggering pop music icon. Spawning a rabid following of preteen fans that rivaled the waves of hysteria that followed the Beatles, Bieber’s meteoric rise to musical success made the singer one of music’s youngest and richest new superstars. For more detailed information you must read the biographies. Grab your biography books now!

Ever wondered how Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus rose to stardom? Before she became the new queen of female-empowering pop anthems, Katy Perry began her career as a struggling singer-songwriter in the competitive world of the Hollywood music industry. A quick career reinvention transformed Katy Hudson into Katy Perry and launched a methodical and thorough domination of the music charts. As an outspoken and ostentatious pop sensation, Katy Perry swooped in to take the music industry by storm, setting sales and radio performance records with her upbeat and soaring pop choruses. Though she has barely reached adulthood, Miley Cyrus has grown up in the media spotlight. The child star of a country music legend has been performing for her entire life, but her recent career transformation is what makes the young artist so fascinating. First famous for becoming a Disney starlet, the actress chose to desert her pristine and family-friendly image for a racier and more controversial public profile. For more interesting facts you must read the biographies. Grab your biography books now!