Resources: Sextalk Booknook
Here are some samples of what is in our book store. Click on a title to order, or click on the “all from this category” link to browse through more of our offerings.
Sex Education for Educators
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Teaching for Social Justice: A Democracy and Education Reader
by William Ayers, Jean Ann Hunt and Therese Quinn, Editors Teaching for Social Justice engages parents, citizens, students, and teachers in a conversation about education in a democracy. |
Sex Education for Youth
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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. |
Parenting Sexually Healthy Kids
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Dads and Daughters : How to Inspire, Understand, and Support Your Daughter When She's Growing Up SoFast
by Joe Kelly From father to father and with insights from many other dads, Joe Kelly shows men how they can strengthen their relationships with their daughters and explores the tremendous rewards this relationship can bring. |
Sex
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Big Big Love: A Sourcebook on Sex for People of Size and Those Who Love Them
by Hanne Blank "Big Big Love" dares to speak to everybody - regardless of gender, orientation or size - who's ready to grab for a bigger, more bountiful sex life. |
GLBT Issues
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Heather Has Two Mommies
by Leslea Newman The story of Heather, a preschooler with two moms who discovers that some of her friends have very different sorts of families. |
Body Image
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The Male Body : A New Look at Men in Public and in Private
by Susan Bordo Men's (and women's) ideas about men's bodies are heavily influenced by society's expectations, and Bordo helps us understand where those ideas come from. |
Women's Sexual Health
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Planning Your Pregnancy and Birth, Third Edition
by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists From planning for a baby, through pregnancy and birth, to those important first weeks of a new life, advice is offered to educate, to inoform, to relieve, and to prepare pregnant women for one of the most thrilling and fulfilling times in their lives. |
Men's Sexual Health
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Wrestling with Love
by Samuel Osherson, Ph.D. In Wrestling with Love, psychologist Sam Osherson, author of the highly acclaimed Finding Our Fathers, reveals how men in our culture struggle to achieve intimacy in their relationships, even as strong messages about masculinity demand that they hide their desire for attachments. |
Miscellaneous
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Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
by John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman The first full length study of the history of sexuality in America, Intimate Matters offers trenchant insights into the sexual behavior of Americans, from colonial times to today. D'Emilio and Freedman give us a deeper understanding of how sexuality has dramatically influenced politics and culture throughout our history. |