EveryKid’s Guide to Laws that Relate to School and Work Berry 1987 And yet another Joy Berry special graces the pages of ALB. Regardless of what you think of her as an author, the bigger issue ...
The Official Pompon Girl’s Handbook Neil 1983 I was not a pompon girl (Pompon in my high school was for the cheerleader rejects and not cool!) and I doubt Holly was a pompon person.(I am...
Germany Berner 1951 Holly: There are an embarrassing number of public and public school libraries that still own this title. Country books get old after ten years, max (less than that depending on po...
Manners Make a Difference Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of the Perpetual Adoration 1955 Holly: This book was submitted from a Catholic school. That was certainly an appropriate place for ...
More Films Kids Like Gafney 1977 Submitter: We complain a lot about ALA Editions around here. They always come out many months behind schedule, fall apart almost immediately, and cost three times as ...
Like a Charm Havens 2008 A paranormal romance featuring a librarian– You can sign me up! This time our protagonist has come crawling back to her hometown to recover from a career failure. Now s...
Training Retarded Babies and Pre-Schoolers Linde and Kopp 1973 Another cringe worthy title still sitting in a public library collection. Hopefully this post will motivate the offending library...
The Backstreet Boys Rodriquez 1997 First, I have to ask Mary what the heck she was DOING in the 90s. She sent me a lovely email, asking me to write up this post since, and I quote, “Honestly I ...
The Honeymoon Handbook Powell & Graeme 1980 Submitter: This was definitely not a bad book in its day. But of course now it is only useful as a look at a very different time. Although I’d think it...
Catholic Priest: His Training and Ministry: A Picture Story Engeman 1961 Well no wonder there is such a shortage of priests! Many of the kids who come across this in the Catholic school where it was ...
Teenage Marriage: Coping with Reality Lindsay Revised Edition, 1988 Submitter: I have a treat for you: Teenage Marriage: Coping with Reality by Jeanne Warren Lindsay. As amusing as the title is, the ...
The Culturally Deprived Child Riessman 1962 I thought this had an interesting title. Of course the pub date of 1962 caught my eye as well. The vocabulary is a bit dated and it probably is one of the ...
Bad Dreams of a Good Girl Shreve 1982 Submitter: Just another one of those questionable/suggestive titles where you don’t want to drag up dirty associations, but you can’t really h...
Gadgets and Gifts for Girls to Make Ostrander 1962 I can just see my teens laughing at this book, as well as the parents of said teens. Appropriate for 1962, but ridiculous in 2012. This book ...
The Professional Automobile Salesman’s Bible Kerfoot 1979? Submitter: We found this self-published gem in a sweep of our community college library, and thought it was too embarrassing not to sh...
Costume in Context The 1960s and 1970s Ruby 1992 Submitter: This book was recently weeded from the adult non-fiction section of a public library. The inept drawings alone make it awful enough for inc...
Photoanalysis: How to interpret the hidden psychological meaning of personal and public photographs Akeret 1973 Submitter: Ah, the days when it was a fun party game to ascribe sinister secrets to fri...
Good Things for Mother’s Day Casey 1952 Submitter: Yes, 1952 & it’s still on the shelves in 2012. My friend said that a senior librarian told her this hadn’t been weeded long ag...
The Kids’ Book about Single-Parent Families By Kids for Everyone Dolmetsch and Shih, Editors 1985 I know that many parents want books that help them explain family transitions like divorce or d...
Danger in the Desert Lovelace 2010 Another Friday and another hot librarian romance for your consideration. This time our stereotypical shy librarian, Jaci, becomes her own “Indiana Jones”...
Tom Cruise Movie Star 1993 What can I say? Tom Cruise is a good choice for youth biography, but 1993 is just too out of date. If we are honest, the really good stuff (divorce from Nicole, jumping on ...
Children of the Cape Portland 1961 This book was submitted from a Catholic school library. It had a bit (ok, a lot) of a musty odor to it when I cracked it open. The pictures and information are comp...
Maurice Sendak passed away today at 83. Of course anyone with even a passing interest in youth literature recognizes his influence on a few generations of readers.For me personally, it is my first fa...
The Book of Quotes Rowes 1979 Submitter: This book is killing my collection statistics, and I already have plenty of quotation books. However, it is a work of genius, completely capturing the attitud...
Eye Color, Sex, and Children’s Behavior Gary and Glover 1976 Submitter: An eye-catcher. The gist seems to be that because light-eyed animals react differently to predators than dark-eyed animal...
Meals for One or Two Better Homes and Gardens 1978 Submitter: I work at the highest circulating branch in a large southwest county library system and found this gem sitting on our high-traffic cookin...
The New Beginner’s Guide to Home Computing: Everything You need to Know to Set Up and Start Using Your PC Reader’s Digest 2001 Submitter: Boy, won’t people be surprised when they si...
Nancy Runs the Bookmobile Johnson 1956 I am a fan of bookmobiles everywhere. My childhood is full of fond memories of the librarians in my hometown (Bloomington, IL) taking the library everywhere and...
Fashion World: Fashion Model Moss 1991 Submitter: Just look at the cover. What the heck is she wearing? And what’s up with her hair? Is this high fashion? Was it high fashion in 1991? I have memory l...
Are You a “Chicken System” Neurotic? Tools to Help You Change Ludvigson 1984 Submitter: Short version is that this is a self-help guide in the positive thinking, stress reduction vein. I ...
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