I Am Wings: Poems About Love Fletcher 1994 I am shocked that this book is from 1994. I would have guessed more like 1984. Even so, it is filled with horribly sappy, corny, adolescent verse about being in love and
Category: Talkin ‘Bout My Generation
ALB’s wonderful Young Adult Collection
Manners for the “Now” Generation
He-Manners The Young Man’s Book of Etiquette Loeb 1970 Actually I do think that etiquette is a lost art and that these books do need some preservation. Your average public library’s youth nonfiction collection is not that place. Yes, good
The Curse
Everything You Need to Know About Getting Your Period
The Need to Know Library
Rue
1995
These books are so important for adolescent girls! We find them all the time tucked away in the dark corners of the library. Poor things, they’re too embarrassed or shy to actually check them out! That’s all the more reason to make sure that the books we have available are up to date. The cover of this book would surely keep those timid girls from checking it out. Nothing like carrying around a book with a box of Lightdays and a calendar on the cover. That’s not obvious. Teens and pre-teens might be more likely to check out books on this topic if the cover and title were more discreet. Sure, they need to learn that it’s nothing to be embarrassed about, but they also need to learn about discretion and privacy.
Holly
Partridge Family Terror!
The Partridge Family #10 Marked for Terror Crume 1972s It is another Friday and of course I am breaking out yet another 70s classic. Who doesn’t totally dig the Partridge Family? Yes, youngsters, I am showing my age on these
Looking Sharp!
The Franklin Watts Concise Guide to Good Grooming for Boys Saunders 1972 I am not even going to wonder what the librarian was smoking when they kept this on the shelf. I pray it is just one of those pathetic
Babysitting 101
When Teenagers Take Care of Children: The Official Guide for Baby Sitters
Kraft
1965
I would have guessed that this is even older than 1965. The pictures are adorable, but really old fashioned (even for cartoons!). The worst, though, is the section on first aid. Librarians: please give your teen patrons something more up to date and more accurate than this!
Fresh Fly Flavor
Fresh Fly Flavor: words & phrases of the hip-hop generation Fab 5 Freddy 1992 Submitter: I found this book yesterday in our reference section and can’t stop laughing about it! It’s from the early 90s and it’s a guide to
Die Trying
Final Exam
Bates
1990
Submitter: We found this book in our collection, looking very worn over its 21 years of use. When I looked at the name on the school of this teen horror book, however, it was just too creepy! Who knew that nine years later, a school with the same name would go through something much, much worse.
Holly: School name zoomed in below. Creeee-pyyyyy!