Kauder-Nalebuff, Rachel
Summary: "A collection of essays, oral histories, and artworks about periods across all stages of life, gathered by the editor of the New York Times bestselling anthology My Little Red Book. After hearing a harrowing coming-of-age story from her great aunt, Rachel Kauder Nalebuff started gathering stories about menstruation in her family that had never been told. What began as an oral history project...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.6 KAUSummary: For Angela, it came on the basketball court--while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came on a school field trip to the lake (making for some cringeworthy moments of humor). And to Layla's disappointment, it came at the start of her first fasting Ramadan, meaning that she won't be able to fast after all. Whether it spurs silence or celebration, whether the subjects are well prepared or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC CALRedford, Ruth
Summary: "Periods. Every person who menstruates has a different relationship with their "Aunt Flow": some good, and some...not-so-good. This 4-color graphic novel guide embraces all the icky, all the sticky, and all the confusing of our monthly cycle, acknowledging that there's no cookie cutter way to manage the physical and emotion mayhem. Filled with consumable, bite-sized tips, tricks, and "inside"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mayo Clinic Press Kids, an imprint of Mayo Clinic Press 2023
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Summary: Most women, transgender, and non-binary people who menstruate can expect to have hundreds of periods in a lifetime. So why is real information so hard to find? Despite its significance, most education about menstruation focuses either on increasing the chances of pregnancy or preventing it. And while both are important for many people, those who menstruate deserve to know more about their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2024
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Summary: Cómo una educación puede salvar una vida. "Podéis llamarlo transformación. Metamorfosis. Falsedad. Traición. Yo lo llamo una educación." Nacida en las montañas de Idaho, Tara Westover ha crecido en armonía con una naturaleza grandiosa y doblegada a las leyes que establece su padre, un mormón fundamentalista convencido de que el final del mundo es inminente. Ni Tara ni sus hermanos van a la...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lumen 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 WESOkamoto, Nadya
Summary: "This is a book about gender equality in the United States and how to engage in activism to get there"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613 OKATerese, Ali
Summary: "Forced to join the school's Community Action Club, troublemaking best friends Helen and Gracie take over the club's campaign for maxi pads in bathrooms and soon find themselves closer to change and deeper in trouble than ever before, forcing them to make a difficult decision"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TERQuint, Chella
Summary: "This fact-filled guide to periods answers all your essential questions like what's a vulva, what do periods actually feel like, and what happens if blood stains your clothes?" - Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: QEB Publishing, an imprint of the Quarto Group 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 612.6 QUIFeinmann, Jane.
Summary: Helps girls prepare for their first period and enables those who have already begun their periods to better understand and cope with their monthly cycle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ronnie Sellers Productions 2003
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613 FEIWilliams, Lily
Summary: Sophomores Abby, Brit, Christine, and Sasha are fed up. Hazelton High never has enough tampons. Or pads. Or adults who will listen. Sick of an administration that puts football before female health, the girls confront a world that shrugs--or worse, squirms--at the thought of a menstruation revolution. They band together to make a change. Its no easy task, especially while grappling with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this collection, writers of various ages and across racial, cultural, and gender identities share stories about the period. Each of our twelve authors brings an individual perspective and sensibility. They write about homeless periods, nonexistent periods, male periods, political periods, and more. Told with warmth and humor, these essays celebrate all kinds of period experiences. --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.4 PERLabash, Matt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 LABWilliams, Marjorie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.3 WILSummary: Dean Cage is a former Special Ops agent. Now he is a marked man who becomes the victim of mistaken identity. Injected with a powerful hallucinogenic drug that is supposed to force him to tell secrets he doesn't have to give, Cage races against time to clear his name and find an antidote that will save his life. Unfortunately, the only thing that can save him is some thing he doesn't want to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Unstoppable 2004Gravelle, Karen.
Summary: Explains what happens at the onset of menstruation, discussing what to wear, going to the gynecologist, and how to handle various problems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2006
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Summary: "Activist Liv Strömquist riffs on outrageous obsessions with menstruation and genitalia."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.042 STRLoftus, Devon
Summary: "Bakery founder Devon Loftus and nutritionist Jenna Radomski empower women to nourish themselves with recipes for sweets, savory meals, and snacks, organized around each of the four phases of the menstrual cycle, that can be customized to suit their bodies' fluctuating needs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2021
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Summary: Thirteen-year-old former elite gymnast Eden is feeling lost after a career-ending injury, but when she meets new friends who open her eyes to period poverty, the struggle that low-income people have trying to afford menstrual products, she becomes an advocate for fair treatment and rediscovers her passion and drive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: "Explores the subject of menstruation, from toxic historic and religious roots to how young activists are challenging the silence and shame that can erode self-esteem and even threaten lives ..."--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.6 DIAZickefoose, Julie.
Summary: A wild bird rehabilitator and nature artist describes her painstaking efforts to rescue injured birds and her experiences when those birds come back to visit, looking at the personality and quirks of individual birds of different species.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.2 ZICSummary: Here is a sparkling collection of Crown jewels--from amusing tales that humanize their subjects to dramatic stories of martyrdoms, palace intrigues, and bloody battles. Elizabeth Longford, intimate of the royal family and biographer of Victoria and Elizabeth II, has assembled the best anecdotes ever written and reported about the kings and queens of England, across the full range of Britain's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.009 OXFDeRamus, Betty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.7115 DERDeRamus, Betty.
Summary: Slave couples who ran away together, a white woman who escaped with her slaves and an underground railroad that sometimes ran in reverse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2005