Books by Barbara Thompson

In 1789, Daisie falls off a ship and lands in Philadelphia where she meets Eliza Principle, a twelve-year-old girl. Daisie is a doll but can walk and talk-which she keeps secret. Eliza wants to be popular with the girls in town and thinks her doll can help her but soon learns Daisie's secrets may get her into trouble.

This book highlights the difficulties that women working as managers and leaders in initial teacher education face. Whereas many women are moving into positions of authority in teacher training, some existing women managers are being marginalized within new internally differentiated layers of managerial structures.