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Category: Health and Safety

Titles related to mental and physical health, personal and home safety.

Wrestling Skills cover

Kill as Catch Can

April 15, 2019 Holly Health and Safety 10 comments

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

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Woman Doctor's Diet for Teen Girls

Girls on a diet

March 25, 2019 Mary Kelly Health and Safety 6 comments

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

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VD Problems

March 18, 2019 Mary Kelly Health and Safety 12 comments

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.

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overweight child

The Over Weight Child

February 25, 2019 Mary Kelly Health and Safety, Parent/Teacher Collection 10 comments

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

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Girls Guide to Becoming a Teen -cover

Girls Guide to Becoming a Teen

January 23, 2019 Holly Health and Safety, Ladies only!, Talkin 'Bout My Generation 13 comments

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

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skin and hair

Teen Skin and Hair Advice

January 21, 2019 Mary Kelly Health and Safety, Talkin 'Bout My Generation 7 comments

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,

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Not at their mercy cover

Fighting Back!

November 28, 2018 Mary Kelly Health and Safety 9 comments

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

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sex and pregnancy

Have a Sexy Pregnancy

October 15, 2018 Mary Kelly Health and Safety, Parent/Teacher Collection 4 comments

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

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