Important New HIV/AIDS Title
If you go into the 600’s at my library looking for books on HIV/AIDs, you are unlikely to find any. I patiently explain to faculty that the research in this area is changing quickly and I have weeded most of the dated titles, keeping only memoirs like Pedro and Me. I recommend websites and articles in databases for students and faculty for current information.
That’s why I was particularly happy to discover an important new YA title, Quicksand: HIV/AIDS In Our Lives by Anonymous (Candlewick). Written in a caring yet passionate tone as a first-person account of what it is like to learn that someone in your family has contracted the disease, the book covers a range of topics like diagnosis, false fears, the stigma of having HIV, the toll on family and friends, and the current medical care and research
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Also included is a very helpful selected bibliography. I am checking it to make sure these resources are easily accessible to our community.
November 18th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
For Llisa: Your suggestion to use almond butter to make a craft project if children are allergic to peanut butter could be misleading. People who are allergic to peanuts are ofter allergic to tree nuts including almonds, as well.