WHAT WOULD MARY ANN DO? TRADE $16.95 and World Traveler

WITH STINSON WELLS (continued from front fl ap) $16.95 some trivia questions to challenge fans and followers. Illustrated with photo- SO, WHAT WOULD graphs from Wells’s private collection, this book provides inspiring lessons MARY ANN DO? from TV’s favorite good girl. As the sweet, polite, and thoughtful Mary A native of Reno, Nevada, DAWN WELLS Ann Summers from Kansas in the hit attended Stephens College in Missouri series Gilligan’s Island, Dawn Wells created and the University of Washington before an unforgettable and beloved charac- going on to represent Nevada in the WOULD ANNWHAT MARY DO? ter that still connects with people fi fty Miss America pageant in 1959. She years from the show’s debut in 1964. found success in Hollywood immediately As the “good girl” among the group of afterward, appearing in such shows as castaways on a tiny island, she was 77 Sunset Strip, Maverick, Bonanza, and Hawaiian often positioned against the glamorous Eye. She was later cast in the role of a and exotic Ginger Grant, played by Tina lifetime as Mary Ann in Gilligan’s Island, Louise, prompting many to ask: Are you beating out 350 other actresses, includ- a Ginger or a Mary Ann? ing Raquel Welch. Since then, Ms. Wells has continued acting on the stage and This book not only helps readers answer screen, produced fi lms, and been active that question for themselves but also in a number of charities. sends the inspirational and heartwarm- ing message that yes, good girls do STEVE STINSON is an artist and writer in fi nish fi rst. Part self-help, part memoir, Virginia, where he lives with his pa- and part humor—with a little classic TV tient wife in the world’s smallest fi ve nostalgia for good measure—What Would bedroom house. When he was young Mary Ann Do? contains twelve chapters and limber, he was a juggler and wrote on everything from how Mary Ann would comic strips. Today, his grandchildren respond to changes in today’s culture call him “Bebop.” His four children’s to addressing issues confronting single books, Grumpypants, Where Kent Went, Darien women and mothers. Wells brings along the Crustatarien, and My Favorite Nursery Rhymes, her fellow characters from Gilligan’s Island will be classics someday. to illustrate certain principles, such as incorporating the miserly Thurston $16.95 TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING Howell III (Jim Backus) in a discussion An imprint of Rowman & Littlefi eld on money. Anecdotal sidebars also 800-462-6420 • www.rowman.com describe fascinating facts and compel- TAYLOR Distributed by NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK TRADE ling memories from the show, as well as Actor, Author, Motivational Speaker, Teacher, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Front cover photo: Television Series Artwork © 2014 Warner Bros. Enter- (continued on back fl ap) tainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Back cover and front cover inset photos and World Traveler. Anxiously awaiting her next adventure. by D. A. Oldis. Hairstylist Dugg Kirkpatrick, makeup by Randy Westgate..

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