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Book Lists Curated By Me!
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items Looking for a book recommendation? Check out these short, curated special interest book lists from a former school librarian & lifelong bibliophile! Links through Bookshop.org, which supports local independent bookstores.
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DIY & Creativity Books for Adults
Periods & Growing Up
Timey-Wimey Women
DIY & Creativity Books for Adults
Mercury Stardust, the Trans Handy Ma'am, is the kindest and most encouraging presence sharing DIY tips and skills that are easy enough for beginners but helpful for everyone!
Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
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If you're feeling ready to venture beyond fix-its, check out this guide to tools and projects big and small. Plus, every sale benefits the Girls Garage nonprofit that empowers girls & women by teaching them these same skills!
Girls Garage: How to Use Any Tool, Tackle Any Project, and ...
Even for someone like me who grew up around power tools, the way Gever Tully empowers kids through this book and the Tinkering School program can feel a bit scary. But he sets out solid arguments for allowing kids explore the world around them by doi...
50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)
While I've always tended to crafty pursuits, this short and beautiful book based on Gaiman's Philadelphia University of the Arts commencement speech is the first that gave me permission to identify as an artist and release some of my perfectionist te...
Make Good Art a book by Neil Gaiman - Bookshop
Another great book that helped me out of a creativity rut was this gem!
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear - Bookshop
Periods & Growing Up
Puberty & growing up resources for tweens who have periods, 💗 your Librarian Auntie.
A classic resource for younger girls (ages 8+)
The Care and Keeping of You 1: The Body Book for Younger Girls a book by Valorie Schaefer
Same classic as volume 1, for slightly older girls (10+)
The Care and Keeping of You 2 a book by Cara Natterson
A journal full of prompts for younger girls (8+) to process thoughts, feelings, and changes around puberty, including period and mood trackers, tips, quizzes, checklists, and more.
The Care and Keeping of You Journal: For Younger Girls a book by Cara Natterson
Written by a nurse/comedian, it deals with body and growing up challenges with humor and warmth. Updated 5th edition includes topics like cyberbullying, mindfulness, and self-care.
The Girl's Body Book (Fifth Edition): Everything Girls Need to Know for Growing Up! a book by Kelli Dunham and Laura Tallardy
A graphic novel-style resource from the Mayo Clinic to prepare any kid with a uterus for their period. Gender-, sexuality-, and body-inclusive from page one!
Period.: The Quick Guide to Every Uterus a book by Ruth Redford and Aitana Giráldez
Another gentle, gender inclusive and body positive guide for ages 9-10.
Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!): The Ultimate ...
Timey-Wimey Women
One of my Top 5 Reads of 2024 — a heartbreakingly beautiful, devilishly clever, and fiercely feminist fairytale of the most unforgettable variety.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
A moving tale about all the places our lives might have taken us, set in the library that exists in the place between life and death.
The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
Have you ever faced a decision so difficult that you wished you could fast-forward years ahead to see how it all turns out first? Oona wakes up every New Year's Day not in the next year of her life, but a seemingly random year, and somehow what happe...
Oona Out of Order: A Novel
I've just started this one, but it is another delightfully clever look at the many ways our lives might look based on our choice of partners.
The Husbands: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel