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Health and Literacy
Compendium Home Page Readers (Stories and Factbooks) Index Page I Call It the Curse! A Book about Periods. The New Start Reading Series. Toronto: East End Literacy Press, 1988. Available from: Guidance Centre; 712 Gordon Baker Road; Toronto, Ontario M2H 3R7 CANADA; phone (416) 502-1262; fax (416) 502-1101; $4.95. This 5x7 inch, 35-page, student-written story with extensive photos and lots of white space is about a women's group. One day the group talks about menstruation and menopause, covering both personal beliefs, embarrassments, anatomy, and physiology. The story was written for women with limited literacy skills. Keywords: Menstruation |