The Little Black Book for Girlz: A Book on Healthy Sexuality by St. Stephen’s Community House

Stars: **** Annick Press (2006) Ages 14+ This is another book I read for Freedom to Read Week. Here is the information on why and how it was challenged: St. Stephen’s Community House. The Little Black Book for Girlz: A Book on Healthy Sexuality. 2006—The Institute for Canadian Values (ICV), a Christian organization, campaigned against… Read More »

Psychos, Players, Punks and Pervs by C. Dean Hall

Psychos, Players, Punks and Pervs: How to Become the Ultimate Guy Detector by C. Dean Hall, M.S. Stars: **** At first look this book seems like a book for rape prevention but it is intended as more than that. Here’s a quote from the publisher: “Our research proves doctors, therapists, teachers and parents all agree… Read More »

Start Talking: A Girls’ Guide for You and Your Mom about Health, Sex or Whatever by Mary Jo Rapini & Janine Sherman

Stars: ****1/2 Non-fiction Bayou Publishing November 2008 ISBN: 978-1-886298-31-6 200 pages Book One of the Talk at the Table Series Ages 10 and up Start Talking: A Girl’s Guide for You and Your Mom about Health, Sex or Whatever [an inside look at the details even she doesn’t know] is a guide for a teen… Read More »

My Little Red Book by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff

  Stars: *****   Summary: My Little Red Book is an anthology of stories about first periods, collected from women of all ages from around the world. The accounts range from light-hearted (the editor got hers while water skiing in a yellow bathing suit) to heart-stopping (a first period discovered just as one girl was… Read More »

What Your Mother Never Told You by Richard M. Dudum

  Stars: ***** Subtitle: A Survival Guide for Teenage Girls I received this book for review from the author. I am also counting it towards the ARC Challenge. I must admit when I first received this offer I was intrigued because I’ve read lots of books for teenage girls, mostly when I was a teen,… Read More »