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Sex Education for Youth
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A Girl's Guide to Taking over the World: Writings from the Girl Zine Revolution
by Karen Green and Tristan Taomino, Edotors A great collection of self-produced work from the world of 'zines. |
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Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: Expanded Third Edition : A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships
by Ruth Bell This brand-new, completely updated and revised edition of Changing Bodies, Changing Lives is full of honest, accurate, nonjudgmental information on everything teenagers need to know about today. |
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Deal with It! A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a Gurl
by Esther Drill, Heather McDonald and Rebecca Odes Deal With It! offers a whole new approach for dealing with your life as a girl. It's a resource to help you learn about, laugh about, and figure out the stuff you go through on your way through life. |
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My Body, My Self for Boys: A "What's Happening to My Body?" Quizbook and Journal, Second Edition
by Lynda Madaras and Area Madaras Packed with drawings, cartoons, games, checklists, quizzes, and innovative exercises, this helpful workbook includes special sections on the body, body image, height, weight, growing size and shape, hair, voice changes, reproductive organs and sexuality, and helps dispel the many myths about puberty and the body that contribute to boys' curiosity and confusion. |
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My Body, My Self for Girls: A "What's Happening to My Body?" Quizbook and Journal, Second Edition
by Lynda Madaras and Area Madaras Written in a peppy, fun style, with a strong emphasis on honest, straightforward discussions, the workbook covers such topics as menstruation, acne, pubic hair, breasts, growing pains, and sex, with such chapter headings as "The Big M," "The Female Sex Organs: An Owner's Manual," and "B.O. and Zits--Is Puberty the Pits?" |
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My Feelings, My Self: A Growing-Up Journal for Girls, Second Edition (What's Happening to My Body? Series)
by Lynda Madaras with Area Madaras them. Why don't my parents ever listen to me? Can I tell a boy that I like him? How do I say "no" to friends when they want me to do things I don't want to? Answers to these questions and more are what's in this fun- and fact-filled book as well as quizzes, exercises, stories and letters from kids expressing feelings about the changes going on in their lives during adolescence. |
| PERIOD.: A Girls Guide to Menstruation, with parents guide
by JoAnn Loulan, Bonnie Worthen, Chris Wold Dyrud, Marcia Quackenbush A great resource for girls who are just beginning to get their period, or who are interested in learning more. The authors emphasize the positive (e.g., "Being comfortable with your own body is important") and use diagrams to familiarize readers with the inner workings of their bodies, including what happens during menstruation. To buy: contact Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes at SexEd@ppfa.org or call 607.216.0021 |
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Too Far Away to Touch
by Leslea Newman This is a beautifully done, quiet tale that will be meaningful to all children who have lost a beloved relative to any illness, but especially to AIDS. |
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What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys : A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons
by Lynda Madaras and Area Madaras This classic book covers the body's changing size and shape, hair, voice changes, perspiration, pimples, the reproductive organs, sexuality, puberty in girls and adds new sections on diet, exercise, and health. |
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What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls : A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters
by Lynda Madaras and Area Madaras In age appropriate-language, the book covers the body's changing size and shape, breasts, the reproductive organs, the menstrual cycle, pubic hair, and includes a full chapter on puberty in boys. |