Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-273) and index.

Juanita (1895) / Kate Chopin -- The stout Miss Hopkins's bicycle (1897) / Octave Thanet -- The homely heroine (1910) / Edna Ferber -- Noblesse (1913) / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Fat (1927) / Grace Sartwell Mason -- This was meant to be (1946) / Alberta Hughes Wahl -- Good-bye, Old Laura (1955) / Lucille Vaughn Payne -- The food farm (1967) / Kit Reed -- Jelly rolls (1979) / Jyl Lynn Felman -- He was a man! (but he did himself wrong) (1984) / J. California Cooper -- The feeder (1985) / Maria Bruno -- Bloomingdale's (1986) / Perri Klass -- The Dream Diet (1986) / Susan Dyer -- A mammoth undertaking (1987) / Roz Warren -- Fat Lena (1988) / Wanda Coleman -- On Ward G (1989-90) / Judy Freespirit -- Skanks (1990) / Rennie Sparks -- Perfectly Normal (1990) / Leslea Newman -- Primos (1992) / Connie Porter -- The language of the fat woman (1992) / Elana Dykewomon / The man I love (1993) / Elaine Fowler Palencia -- Magnetic force (1993) / Susan Stinson -- The Hershey Bar Queen (1994) / Elena Diaz Bjorkquist -- The strange history of Suzanne LaFleshe (1997) / Hollis Seamon.

All age.