Kill-As-Catch-Can: Wrestling Skills for STreetfighting Beamont 1998 Submitter: I think it’s an awful book because of all the violence in the world and this book seems to promote more, with instructions on how to be more violent!! We’re weeding our
Category: Health and Safety
Titles related to mental and physical health, personal and home safety.
Girls on a diet
The Woman Doctor’s Diet For Teen-Age Girls Edelstein 1980 I could tell the year this was published just by looking at the cover and book design (one of the side effects of blogging about weeded books). I didn’t find anything
VD Problems
Venereal Diseases Morton 1966 Nowadays we call them sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). When I was a teen, it was called the clap or just the generic term VD. I have also heard it called a social disease or the drip.
The Over Weight Child
The Over Weight Child Promoting Fitness and Self-Esteem Pitman and Kaufman 2000 I always cringe when I see books that are aimed at these types of problems. From the parent perspective, it is difficult to see a child struggle with
Girls Guide to Becoming a Teen
Girl’s Guide to Becoming A Teen: Getting Used to Life in Your Changing Body American Medical Association 2006 Submitter: Overall, it really isn’t a bad book. It has good information and covers the facts. However, no school in our area
Teen Skin and Hair Advice
A Teen-Age Guide to Healthy Skin and Hair Lubowe and Huss 1972 Now available for all the teens: healthy skin and hair. Washing (and using soap!) can make a huge difference in your appearance. Although directed at boys and girls,
Fighting Back!
Not At Their Mercy Green 2000 I am not really sure where to begin. Is it the white pumps? (I think my grandmother had a pair of those exact shoes in the early 1970s.) The ridiculous subtitle? (unconscionable? as opposed
Have a Sexy Pregnancy
Making Love During Pregnancy Bing and Coleman 1977 This book is the pregnancy version of the Joy of Sex originally published back in 1972. I couldn’t put in the illustrations since they were pretty graphic. In addition, they were penciled