What to do when your mom or dad says… “We can’t afford it” Berry 1983 Joy Berry is a regular here at ALB. We have posted some of her stuff before here and here. Usually, these books are about a
Tag: youth nonfiction
Library Skills for the Kids
Developing Library Skills Guide to Discovering and Using Library Resources Lakritz 1989 As we close out our National Library Week posts, we need to have something for the kids. I know we want the kids to know all about the
Ancient Chinese Science
Wonders of Ancient Chinese Science Silverberg 1969 Submitter: The juvenile nonfiction section at my public library hasn’t been weeded in a very long time, as evidenced by this book about Chinese scientists. I include a picture of the card pocket
Drowning Bugs
Rolypolyology Ross 1995 Submitter: Older science experiment books involving animals are always a bit scary. This one contains an experiment that involves dropping the bugs in water and timing to see how long until they drown. I’m sure there are
Do It!
McCall’s Golden Do-It Book Wyckoff, Comstock, and Dugan 1960 Submitter: When you get bored, what do you do? I reach for my trusty McCall’s Golden DO-IT BOOK. There is so much you can do with the DO-IT book, but my favorite is
Encyclopedia Fun
I Want to Know About… Animals of Sea and Shore, Air and Airplanes, Weather Experiments Volume 11 1972 According to submitter, this was just recently weeded from a school library. I picked volume 11 of the multi-volume set. The others
Money Management – For Kids!
A Kid’s Guide to Managing Money A Children’s Book about Money Management Wilt 1979 We have featured a couple of Joy’s books here on the website and I found this other one lurking in my own collection! Yikes! This title,
Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s Disease Landau 1988 Medical information this old is a slam dunk for weeding, especially if we are talking about material published over 20 years ago! Teen and youth nonfiction titles, in my opinion, actually need more vigilant weeding. Even