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Right Touch
The Right Touch: A Read-Aloud Story to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Kleven and Bergsma 1997 Submitter: When I was perusing our juvenile section for a book for storytime, I stumbled upon this; another children’s book about “bad touching.” I think the title makes it worse! After I submit it…
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Beefcake
Warning! Potentially unsafe for work! Beefcake: The Muscle Magazines of America 1950-1970 Hooven 1995 Holly: I know what you’re thinking. And you’d be right: this is a book about male standards of beauty. The only thing that makes this an ALB is if it is in a library whose audience has different…
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Like Sands Through the Hourglass…
Days of Our Lives The Complete Family Album Zenka 1995 More soapy goodness for everyone. When I was in college there were two distinct camps of soap watchers. Either you were a Days of Our Lives fan or an All My Children fan. General Hospital also had somewhat of a following but…
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Kissing Cousins
Forbidden Relatives: The American Myth of Cousin Marriage Ottenheimer 1996 Submitter: As a new librarian at a small community college (in the southern U.S.) there are many gems to be weeded. When the school first opened a library was created from other libraries’ discards. Needless to say, I don’t think…
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Witches
Witches Jong 1981 Submitter: The story behind this find is more scary than the scans I’m sending you. This book was found in our children’s non-fiction section during a recent round of shelf-reading. Needless to say it is NOT a children’s item, despite its picture-book size, unassuming cover and numerous…
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Crips & Bloods
Introducing Issues With (Opposing Viewpoints) Gangs Barbour, ed. 2006 Gangs Issues That Concern You Daniels 2008 Submitter: There was a post on an old weed-worthy gang series title a couple of years ago (https://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=890). Neither of these are old – one is dated 2006, the other 2008, so I’m not weeding…
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