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last updated January, 2004
Resource List of Books, Websites
and Other Women-Centered Materials
Organized by Subject
Health
 Who
Has the Rigth?, Madeline L. Bovin and John Chabot
Description: Publisher
Description: "Abortion is a serious issue. Pro-Choice or Pro-Life, which
group is right? What should the woman do? Does the father have any say?"
(Info from website) Jigsaw Unit: Based on the principles of cooperative
learning, these jigsaw units were designed for teenagers or adults in
multi-level classes who need to develop their reading and discussion skills...The
four reading passages in each unit, as well as the exercises corresponding
to that particular passage, are written at four different reading levels,
with levels ranging from grades 6 to 10. There are individual and group
activities provided in the kit. Subjects: Abortion; Curriculum
Full Blast Productions, (Distributed by:
Peppercorn Books & Press Inc.) 1993, 1-895451-05-1, Spiral Bound,
33 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $15.95. Level: 5+.
| Is
It Hot in Here?: A Handbook about Menopause for Women and Their
Families, Women's Network Inc.
Description:
This handbook was written for the Plain Language Project of Women's
Network in Charlottetown, PEI, Canada. It covers important topics
including understanding the signs of menopause, ways to cope,
common changes in the body, helpful foods, and emotional support.
Subjects: Health; Aging
Grass Roots Press, (Distributed
also by: Peppercorn Books & Press Inc.) (date unknown), 0-2,
Spiral Bound, 70 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $7.00. Level: mixed.
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So
Many Changes: Women, Health and Midlife, Mary J. Breen
and Lindsay Hall
Description:
From the catalog... This book, written at a grade 5 readability
level, is a must for educators who work with women between the
ages of 45 to 65. The book can be used for one-to-one or group
instruction. Along with being informative, the chapters on menopause,
stress, depression, and relationships will provide a springboard
for discussion. In writing the book, the authors interviewed 135
women; their words are woven throughout the text. Subjects:
Health; Aging
Grass Roots Press, 2001 (?), 1-895476-03-8,
Paperback, 205 pgs, 6 x 9, $13.50 (US). Level: 4+.
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| From
Sound to Silence: Our Lives Series, Asha Mohamed
Description:
From the catalog... This is the story of Rashida Abedi who came
to Britain from Pakistan in 1985 to find a cure for her profound
deafness. Only after a long campaign by her friends was she allowed
to stay. Her writing shows a remarkable degree of optimism for
the future. Also available in Urdu Subjects: Memoir; International;
Disability; International
Peppercorn / Avanti-Croydon, 2000,
0-9516066-5-4, Paperback, 45 pgs, $6.00.
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My
Deaf Son, Umtul Nisa
Description:
from the catalog... Umtul writes about her first born son Ahdil,
born two months after she arrived from Pakistan to live in England,
and of how she and her family coped when they discovered that
he was profoundly deaf. The story is one of heartbreaking discovery,
challenge and triumph. It will give new hope and encouragement
to the mothers of severely disabled children. Illustrated with
line drawings, the text is in both English and Urdu. Subjects:
Memoir; Bilingual; Disability; Learner Writings
Peppercorn / Avanti-Gatehouse, 1998,
0-906253-57-8, Paperback, 34 pgs, $6.00. Level: 2-3.
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| About
Alcohol and Other Drugs: (FYI Series) Information for Better Living,
produced with National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence,
Inc.
Description:
Subjects: Drugs/Alcohol
New Readers Press, 1994, 1-56420-015-9,
Paperback, 96 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $---Out of Print. Level:
3-5
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Beginning with Me, Karen Bables
Description: Sherry's
husband is an alcoholic. His drinking is destroying their family,
but he won't get help. That's when Sherry decides it's up to her
to make her life better. Subjects: Fiction; Religious:
Christian; Drugs/Alcohol
CRC Pub.
/ Open Door Books, 1998, 1-56212-355-6, Paperback, 91 pgs, 4 x
7, $4.75.
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|
 Health
Resources: East-to-Read Brochures, editors
Description:
ETR features many different kinds of easy-to-read pamphlets for
teens and adults on a variety of topics including: smoking, drugs,
drinking, pregnancy, pregnancy prevention, parenting, chronic
conditions, nutrition, diabetes, HIV, STD, abstinence, teen issues,
behavioral health, domestic violence. They also have bilingual
(Spanish language) editions as well. Most are of general interest
to women and men while a few are of specific interest to women.
Subjects: Health; Drugs/Alcohol; Parenting
ETR Associates, Current, (no isbn),
Prepack of 50, 3 1/2 x 8 1/2, $Bulk rates. Level: 5-8.
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I Found Love, Workshop
Group
Description:
Amidst the public denigration of welfare recipients and the praises
of welfare "reform" for reducing welfare rolls, the voices of
women most affected by the loss of the important social safety
net have been lost. Places in Between and I Found Love capture
and lift the voices of the women making difficult transitions
from welfare to work, from addiction to sobriety, from homelessness
to stable housing.
The workshops, coordinated by Women Affirming Faith During Change,
were designed to lift the voices of women in transition from welfare
to work and from drug addiction to sobriety. Subjects:
Poetry; Welfare; Drugs/Alcohol
Women of Color Resource Center,
2000, (no isbn), Paperback, ? pgs, size unknown, $5.00 donation.
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Places
in Between, Workshop Group
Description:
Amidst the public denigration of welfare recipients and the praises
of welfare "reform" for reducing welfare rolls, the voices of
women most affected by the loss of the important social safety
net have been lost. Places in Between and I Found Love capture
and lift the voices of the women making difficult transitions
from welfare to work, from addiction to sobriety, from homelessness
to stable housing.
The workshops, coordinated by Women Affirming Faith During Change,
were designed to lift the voices of women in transition from welfare
to work and from drug addiction to sobriety.
Sample poems can be viewed at: http://www.coloredgirls.org/pub/pub_poetry.html
Subjects: Poetry; Drugs/Alcohol; Welfare
Women of Color Resource Center,
2000, (no isbn), Paperback, ? pgs, size unknown, $5.00 (donation). |
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| About
AIDS: (FYI Series) Information for Better Living, produced
with National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA)
Description:
Subjects: Health
New Readers Press, 1994, 1-56420-019-1,
Paperback, 127 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $---Out of Print. Level:
3-5. |
 Before
She Gets Her Period: Talking with Your Daughter about Menstruation,
Jessica Gillooly
Description:
What the author says..."On the average, the American girl gets
her period at age 12, but many start at 9,10, or 11. This book
is written to help parents talk about menstruation, have fun while
discussing this subject, and open avenues of communication for
future conversations on other sensitive issues about changing
bodies, dating, and relationships which are sure to follow! I
wrote this book because I am the parent of a young girl who is
'waiting for the day' and I wanted her to feel prepared and excited
to become an adolescent." This book includes writings by girls
and women. Subjects: Health; Sexuality; Parenting
Perspective Publishing, 1998, 0-9622036-9-6,
Paperback, 160 pgs, 6 x 9, $13.95. Level: 8+.
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|  Beginning
to Heal: A First Book for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse,
Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
Description:
Based on the groundbreaking bestseller The Courage to Heal this
is a compassionate and easy-to-read guide for survivors of childhood
sexual abuse. It takes readers through the key stages of the healing
process. It offers inspiration and encouragement It includes simple
and accurate explanations and practical suggestions. It also includes
first-person stories of survivors. Subjects: Violence;
Health
Harper Row, 1993, 0-06-096927-X,
Paperback, 104 pgs, 5 1/4 x 8 1/2, $10.95. Level: 5-8. |
Breast
Cancer As I Lived It,
Mary Scanlon
Description:
from the website...This true story was written by Mary Scanlon,
a former student at Somerville Community Adult Learning Experiences
(S.C.A.L.E.) in Joyce Ralph's class. It was adapted for students
with limited English literacy by Loren McGrail. Illustrations
are by Rosa Aimée González. Includes a glossary
and a Spanish version. Subjects: Health; Memoir; Learner
Writings; Bilingual
World Education, date unknown, http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/MScanlon2/index.htm,
Internet, $---Internet. Level: 3-5. |
| Getting
Good Health Care: (FYI Series) Information for Better Living,
produced with American Institute for Preventive Medicine
Description:
Subjects: Health
New Readers Press, 1994, 1-56420-029--9,
Paperback, 96 pgs, $---Out of Print. Level: 4-6. |
Hair
Care Tips for Sisters on the Move: Feeling Fit and Looking Fine,
Donna DeCaille and Sisters Together Coalition
Description: Description from NIFL website ... An example
of materials developed by and for Black women. This booklet is
about hair care for women who are physically active or planning
to be. Regular exercise improves your health and helps you feel
good about yourself. Some women say that concern for their hair
style can get in the way of exercise. Having neat and stylish
hair has always been a part of our culture. This booklet offers
tips to make hair care easier for active women. Photographs. Subjects:
Health; African American; Culture
Health Literacy Studies, Department
of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health,
2001, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/hair.pdf, pdf
on Internet, 20 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $---Internet. |
|  Health
Education: Pamphlets and Educational Booklets, Editors
Description: These pamphlets -- created and reviewed by
community educators who are experts in health and human sexuality
-- are easy-to-read and professionally presented. They cover topics
such as: Child & Teen Issues; Health care for women and men;
Sexual Issues; Sexual Health; and Contraception Options. Subjects:
Health; Sexuality
Planned Parenthood of Minnesota
/ South Dakota, Current, (no isbn), Staple Bound, 4 x 8 1/2, $Bulk
Rates. |
Health
Education and Adult Literacy HEAL: Breast and Cervical Cancer
Description: The Health Education and Adult Literacy: Breast
and Cervical Cancer (HEAL:BCC) Project promotes the diffusion
of information about breast and cervical cancer to adult learners
with less than a high school education Subjects: Health
World Education, Current, http://www.worlded.org/us/health/heal/index.htm,
Internet, $---Internet. |
| Health Education
in Plain Language: Beyond Prescriptions ~ Meeting Your Health
Needs: A Plain Language Workbook about Health, Women's
Network PEI
Description: from the website...The lives of women in your
program will be enriched as they explore their physical, mental,
emotional, and spiritual health. Beyond Prescriptions, a holistic
health workbook for students, is accompanied by a curriculum guidebook
which provides 25 hours of instruction. The curriculum focuses
on four topics: You are a whole person, What makes you healthy,
Making a health plan, and Supporting your health. This series
also includes a plain language handbook about menopause entitled
Is it Hot in Here? Subjects: Health
Grass Roots Press, , no isbn, Spiral
Bound, 91 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $8.00. |
Health
Resources: East-to-Read Brochures, editors
Description:
ETR features many different kinds of easy-to-read pamphlets for
teens and adults on a variety of topics including: smoking, drugs,
drinking, pregnancy, pregnancy prevention, parenting, chronic
conditions, nutrition, diabetes, HIV, STD, abstinence, teen issues,
behavioral health, domestic violence. They also have bilingual
(Spanish language) editions as well. Most are of general interest
to women and men while a few are of specific interest to women.
Subjects: Health; Drugs/Alcohol; Parenting
ETR Associates, Current, (no isbn),
Prepack of 50, 3 1/2 x 8 1/2, $Bulk rates. Level: 5-8.
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| HIV/AIDS:
A Collection of Stories and Skits,
Lee Hewitt and Intermediate ESL class in the Adult Learning
Program
Description: Subjects: Health
Jamaica Plain Community Center,
1998, http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/hivaids.htm, Internet,
$---Internet. |
 How
to Feel Good: Learning to Relax and Exercise - An Invitation,
Wai Ming Chan, Rosalba Torres, Mayra Villalta, Miralta Campos
Virgilia Guzman and Lee Hewitt
Description: from the introduction -- When you are a new
arrival in a country, you may feel strange because it is a place
that you don't know very well and everything is different! This
can make you feel sad or depressed. We know how that feels because
it happened to us. On these pages we want to share our experiences
and how we overcame those bad moments. We found ways to relax
by doing things that we enjoy like exercising, crocheting, reading
and fishing.
Subjects: Health; Self-Help; Learner Writings; Immigration
Issues
Adult Learning Program, Jamaica
Plain Community Centers, 1998, http://www2.wgbh.org/MBCWEIS/LTC/ALRI/feelgood.html,
Internet, $---Internet. |
|  I
Call It the Curse: A Book about Periods (New Start Reading Series)
Description: A simple
and often humorous book on reproductive health, developed from
a conversation between a Public Health Nurse and a group of women.
One day the group talks about menstruation and menopause, covering
both personal beliefs, embarrassments, anatomy, and physiology.
This student-written story includes many photos and lots of white
space. Subjects: Health; Learner Writings
UTP/Guidance Centre, 0-920013-08-2,
Paperback, 35 pgs, 5 x 7 1/2, $4.95. |
Is
It Hot in Here?: A Handbook about Menopause for Women and Their
Families, Women's Network Inc.
Description:
This handbook was written for the Plain Language Project of Women's
Network in Charlottetown, PEI, Canada. It covers important topics
including understanding the signs of menopause, ways to cope,
common changes in the body, helpful foods, and emotional support.
Subjects: Health; Aging
Grass Roots Press, (Distributed
also by: Peppercorn Books & Press Inc.) (date unknown), 0-2,
Spiral Bound, 70 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $7.00. Level: mixed.
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| Looking
Forward: Our Lives Series, Inma Suarez
Description:
From the catalog... Inma Suarez came to England as an au pair,
speaking only Spanish. She went to English classes and there met
her future husband. Her story tells of how she married and after
having a baby, discovered she had leukemia. The rest of the book
deals with her battle against the disease. Subjects: Memoir;
Health; International; Learner Writings
Peppercorn / Avanti-Croydon, 1994,
0-9516066-4-6, Paperback, 40 pgs, $6.00. Level: 8+.
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Multi-Cultural
Educational Services: Health Education Materials Store, Health
Educators
Description:
These multi-lingual booklets were developed to provide information
to newcomers in Minnesota. Topics include: Accessing Health Care,
Family Planning, Medications, Safety and Nutrition for Babies
and Children, Growth and Development. They have been successfully
and enthusiastically used by Public Health Educators in Minnesota.
English & Multilanguage versions: Nuer, Spanish, Russian,
Bosnian, Lao, Vietnamese, Hmong, Arabic, Somali Subjects:
Health; Family; Parenting
Multi-Cultural Educational Services,
Current, , Paperback, 20-40 pgs, $4.00 average, bulk rates.
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|  My
Life Story with Cancer,
Mary Walker
Description:
My Life Story with Cancer is a story written by Mary Walker, a
former student at Somerville Center for Adult Learning Experiences
(S.C.A.L.E.) in Joyce Ralph's class. The story was adapted for
students with limited English literacy by Kathy Brucker. Illustrated
by Joane Wheeler.
Subjects: Memoir; Health; Learner Writings
World Education, date unknown,
http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/Mary/introduction.html,
Internet, $---Internet. Level: 3-5.
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 Period.:
A Girl's Guide to Menstruation with a Parent's Guide - 4th edition,
Joanne Gardner-Loulan, Bonnie Worthen
Description: Straightforward
text and accurate pen and ink illustrations provide explicit information
about the menstrual cycle and pelvic examinations in a manner
designed to dispel confusion and misinformation. Subjects:
Health; Young Adult Non-Fiction
Books Peddlers,(Distributed
by: Publishers Group West (800) 788-3123) 2001, 0-91677396-5,
Paperback, 100 pgs, 7 x 7, $9.99
Periodo.: Lo que su hija debe saber, Guía de una joven,
JoAnn Loulan, Bonnie Worthen and Translated by Alejandra Medrano
Description: Spanish
language edition of Period. Subjects: Spanish Language;
Health; Parenting
Book Peddlers,
(Distributed by: Publishers Group West (800) 788-3123) 2003, 0-916773-99-X,
Paperback, 99 pgs, 5 1/4 x 8, $9.99.
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Positive
Women: Voices of Women Living with AIDS,
Andrea Rudd and Darien Taylor, editors.
Description: This book
is about women who shatter myths, take control and find their
own power in the challenge of living with AIDS. This is an insightful
and emotionally moving book which informs and inspires. Subjects:
Health; Memoir
Sumach Press, 1992, 0-929005-30-9,
Paperback, 267 pgs, 6 x 9, $14.95 (Canadian). Level: 5+.
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So Many Changes: Women, Health and Midlife, Mary J.
Breen and Lindsay Hall
Description:
From the catalog... This book, written at a grade 5 readability
level, is a must for educators who work with women between the
ages of 45 to 65. The book can be used for one-to-one or group
instruction. Along with being informative, the chapters on menopause,
stress, depression, and relationships will provide a springboard
for discussion. In writing the book, the authors interviewed 135
women; their words are woven throughout the text. Subjects:
Health; Aging
Grass Roots Press, 2001 (?), 1-895476-03-8,
Paperback, 205 pgs, 6 x 9, $13.50 (US). Level: 4+.
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. What
to Do When Your Child Gets Sick,
Gloria Mayer, R.N. and Ann Kuklierus, R.N.
Description:
This book is written in an easy-to-read and easy-to-understand
manner for parents and caregivers of children from birth to 8
years of age. This book is available in English, Spanish, or Vietnamese.
Teacher Training manual also available.
For more information see:
http://www.iha4health.org/books_hs_sickchild.html Subjects:
Health; Parenting
Institute for Healthcare Advancement,
1999, 0-970124-50-3, Paperback, 181 pgs, 7 x 9 1/4, $12.95.
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Women Getting
Together, The Women's Health Group at the Learning Centre
Description:
A supplement to "Learning for our Health", this is a photostory
about a women's health group at the Learning Centre. Also available
at Peppercorn Books. Subjects: Health; Learner Writings
Learning Centre Literacy Association,
1998, 0-9698539-8-X, Staple Bound, 10 pgs, $4.00 |
 Women's
Health, (A Quick and Easy Guide)
Description:
This guide shows how to approach women's special health needs
from menstruation to menopause. It also shows how to eat right,
manage stress, and other concerns. Subjects: Health
New Readers Press, 1997, 1-56853-034-X,
Paperback, 96 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $9.50. Level: 4-6. |
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|  Baby
& Me: The Essential Guide to Pregnancy, Deborah Davis
Stewart
Description:
From the catalog... This is the only comprehensive prenatal guide
written at middle school reading level. Clear and informative,
it communicates effectively to women who are in need of a briefer,
less complex resource. In addition to the reading level, it is
written in active, rather than passive voice; it relies on short
sentences; avoids lengthy explanations;emphasizes important points;
sidesteps any jargon and technical terminology; and features bold
headings, topical sentences and highlights key messages. Spanish
language version: Mí bebé y yo Subjects:
Pregnancy
Bull Publishing Co., 2000, 0-92352158-5,
Paperback, 160 pgs, 6 x 9, $11.95. |
Baby
Basics: Your Month by Month Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy,
Naomi Rand and Alice Greenwood
Description: The
Baby Basics Program combines prenatal health education with culturally
appropriate literacy training and support for mothers, fathers,
and their prenatal care providers. The book's unique format was
created in response to mothers' varied interests and skills. This
comprehensive prenatal guide and literacy training tool takes
into account the special health, economic, social, and cultural
needs of low-income women. Subjects: Pregnancy; Health;
Parenting
The What to Expect Foundation, 2003, Spiral Bound, 292 pgs, 9
x 7 1/2, $7.50. Level: 3-5.
Hola Bebé: Su guía de mes a mes para un embarazo saludable,
Naomi Rand, Alice Greenwood and Translated by Rosales Communications
Description: Spanish
language version of Baby Basics. Subjects: Pregnancy; Health;
Parenting; Spanish Language
The What to
Expect Foundation, 2003, Spiral Bound, 286 pgs, 9 x 7 1/2, $7.50.
Level: 3-5.
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 The
Childbearing Year, Barbara Holstein
Description:
From the catalog... The Childbearing Year helps mothers-to-be
learn about keeping themselves and their babies healthy during
pregnancy. Contains reading and writing activities, narratives
by other expectant mothers, and key vocabulary. Subjects:
Pregnancy
New Readers Press, 1994, 0-88336-567-7,
Paperback, 110 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $8.75. Level: 4+.
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Madre A Madre/ From Mother to Mother Photonovels: 'Stories for
Life' series, Susan Auger
Description:
This is a series of seven photonovels that follow Latina women
through conception, pregnancy, and the birth of a baby. Using
photographs and balloon dialogue, each tells the story of a woman's
experience in the context of talking with her friends and health
care providers. The topics are conception, visiting the clinic,
nutrition, risks, labor, the newborn baby, and breastfeeding.
The booklets use simple language, large print, and have Spanish
on one side and English on the other. They are well suited to
ESOL classes and low-literacy audiences.
Notes: Available in two formats; classroom resource ; outreach
material.
Subjects:
Latina; Bilingual; Pregnancy; Parenting
Aprendo Press, 2001, no isbn, Paperback,
16-24 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $---Contact Source. |
| Having
a Baby: (A Quick and Easy Guide), with Sharon Humenick,
Ph.D.
Description:
Contains information on choosing to have a baby and health care
issues during pregnancy. Subjects: Pregnancy
New Readers Press, 1997, 1-56853-032-3,
Paperback, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $9.50. Level: 4-6. |
Mí
bebé y yo: Una guía esencial para el embarazo ,
Deborah Davis Stewart
Description: Spanish
edition of "Baby & Me" Subjects: Spanish Language;
Parenting
Bull Publishing Co., 2001, 0-92352159-3,
Paperback, 160 pgs, 6 x 9, $12.95. |
| Student
Study Guide for Teenage Pregnancy: A New Beginning, Linda
Barr and Catherine Monserrat
Description:
From the catalog...This workbook of questions and activities reinforces
the lessons included in Teenage Pregnancy: A New Beginning. While
most of the questions can easily be answered by reading the textbook,
some of the learning experiences are designed to assist the young
woman in gaining insight from her own childbearing experience.
Subjects: Teens; Pregnancy
New Futures Inc., 1996, isbn unknown,
Paperback, 8 1/2 x 11, $4.95. |
 Teenage
Pregnancy: A New Beginning, Linda Barr and Catherine Monserrat
Description:
From the catalog...The book is written at an age-appropriate reading
level for adolescents and is enhanced with photos and illustrations.
Subjects: Teens; Pregnancy
New Futures Inc., 1996, 0945886128,
Spiral Bound, 8 1/2 x 11, $18.95. |
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Your Pregnancy & Newborn Journey: A guide for Pregnant
Teens - Revised, Jeanne Warren Lindsay and Jean Brunelli
Description:
Teens learn about:Baby's development before birth; Coping with
physical discomforts; Handling the stress in your life; Preparing
for labor and delivery; Dad's role during pregnancy; Needs after
delivery; Caring for newborn; NEW! Help for babies with special
needs-- from the website Subjects: Health; Teens
Morning Glory Press, (Distributed
by: Independent Publishers Grp (800) 888-4741) 2000, 1-885356-30-7,
Paperback, 206 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $12.95.
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 What
to Do When You're Having a Baby,
Gloria Mayer, R.N. and Ann Kuklierus, R.N.
Description:
Written for women who are pregnant or planning on it. Covers health
issues from before pregnancy through first days after baby is
born. Easy to read and understand. Available in English and Spanish.
Teacher Training manual also available. For more information see:
http://www.iha4health.org/books_hs_havingbaby.html Subjects:
Pregnancy
Institute for Healthcare Advancement,
2001, 0-970124-56-2, Paperback, 7 x 9 1/4, $12.95. |
Why Did It
Happen to Me?, Carla Frenchy
Description:
Carla gets bad news from her doctor. Something is wrong with the
baby she is carrying. She turns to her family for help and advice.
Pictures. Subjects: Pregnancy; Memoir; Learner Writings
Reading & Writing Centre, (Distributed
by: Peppercorn Books & Press Inc.) 2000, 1-896886-18-3, Paperback,
14 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $7.00. Level: 5-8. |
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|  Breaking
Free from Partner Abuse: Voices of Battered Women Caught in the
Cycle of Domestic Abuse, Mary Marecek
Description:
Selected by the Public Library Association as a "Distinguished
Work" for adult new readers. Written by a program director of
a shelter, the prose and poetry in this book give voice for the
fears and feelings common to battered women.
See also Spanish Language version: Cómo Librarse del Maltrato
de su Pareja Subjects: Violence; Self-Help
Morning Glory Press, (Distributed
by: Independent Publishers Grp (800) 888-4741) 1999, 1-885356-53-6,
Paperback, 96 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $8.95. |
 Chicken
Soup for theWoman's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle
the Spirits of Women, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen,
Marci Shimoff and Jennifer Hawthorne , eds.
Description:
Audio CD and Abridged cassette also available. Subjects:
Self-Help; Women's Issues
Health Communications, 1996, 1-558744-15-0,
Paperback, 351 pgs, 6 x 9, $12.95. |
| Help
Yourself: How to Take Advantage of Your Learning Styles, Gail
Murphy Sonbuchner
Description:
Can be used by learners and tutors Subjects: Education;
Self-Help
New Readers Press, 1995, 0-88336-555-3,
Paperback, 158 pgs, 8 x 10, $15.75. |
How
to Feel Good: Learning to Relax and Exercise - An Invitation,
Wai Ming Chan, Rosalba Torres, Mayra Villalta, Miralta Campos
Virgilia Guzman and Lee Hewitt
Description: from the introduction -- When you are a new
arrival in a country, you may feel strange because it is a place
that you don't know very well and everything is different! This
can make you feel sad or depressed. We know how that feels because
it happened to us. On these pages we want to share our experiences
and how we overcame those bad moments. We found ways to relax
by doing things that we enjoy like exercising, crocheting, reading
and fishing.
Subjects: Health; Self-Help; Learner Writings; Immigration
Issues
Adult Learning Program, Jamaica
Plain Community Centers, 1998, http://www2.wgbh.org/MBCWEIS/LTC/ALRI/feelgood.html,
Internet, $---Internet. |
| The
Relationship Book: A Resource of Social and Legal Information,
Laurie Ann McCardle and Women's Network, PEI
Description:
from the catalog... This simple and effective resource, written
in plain language, gives students general information on building
healthy relationships by examining marriage and common law relationships,
discussing legal and social implications of separation and divorce
and exploring the joys and challenges of relationships with children.
Topics include: different kinds of relationships; the difference
between healthy and unhealthy relationships; how to handle disagreements
or conflict in relationships; what you can do if you are in an
abusive relationship Subjects: Relationships; Self-Help
Grass Roots Press, 2000 (?), 0-9695419-5-3,
Spiral Bound, 71 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $8.00 US. |
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Roots readers), editors
Description: From the catalog... In this
narrative, you will learn how Ann copes with the stress in her
life. Subjects: Fiction; Self-Help; Health
Grass Roots Press, 2001, 1-894593-05-7,
Paperback, 24 pgs, $6.50 US (Bulk Rates). Level: 1-2. |
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