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Carolyn's question on books for boys is an especially good one, especially in light of the advances made to providing information for/about girls. I have noticed over the years that either authors are not writing "straight from the hips" materials that the boys need information on, or, publishers are very reluctant to support it. Boys and Sex (Dell, I think, and well reviewed by libarians) wouldn't work with the groups I have dealt with.Only 1 title have I found that was what I was being asked by boys, by Sol Gordon. I recently did a search for what kinds of information is available on the Internet and, guess what, I found very little that was not really adult porn sites. The ones I did find, too, were like the old "sex education" books we saw in the 1950s - descriptive, using technical terms, illustrations usually limited to a few drawings. I have had a son of my own, have been a team leader in Sexuality Education in two schools, and someone that the boys find easy to talk to (diplomatic and confidential). So I am aware that we continue to do a disservice by not asking publishers to provide us materials or by not having webpage written that are appropriate to what the boys are asking/not asking about. Perhaps LM_Net needs to concentrate a little while on gathering together the BEST of our collective insights and draw up a list of print, non-print, and websites that we can direct the boys to pertinent information. -- Earl Sande, Upper School Librarian, International School of Tanganyika, United Nations Road, Post Office Box 2651, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (e-mail : sandes@wilken-dsm.com) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= To quit LM_NET (or set NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send an email message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST * NOTE: Please allow time for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help & Archives see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=