Lone Cone Library

Provides teens with information on sexuality, contraception, and the life-changing decisions surrounding pregnancy.

Describes the reproductive process from intercourse to birth.

"Bringing together medical history, scientific discoveries, and journalistic exploration, Leah Hazard embarks on a journey in search of answers about the bodys most miraculous and contentious organ. We meet the people who have shaped our relationship with the uterus: doctors and doulas, yoni steamers and fibroid-tea hawkers, legislators who would regulate the organs very existence, and boundary-breaking researchers on the frontiers of the field. With...

Young readers can find out exactly what is needed to grow a baby, from introducing the basic building blocks of life such as sperm and eggs, to explaining the different ways that these building blocks can be put together to create a family. Working closely with a leading national LGBT organisation, this inclusive guide to Making a Baby covers sex, sperm and egg donation, IUI, IVF, surrogacy and adoption, as well as explaining how a baby grows in the...

This comprehensive narrative details both the biological process of procreation and the often divisive debates on how best to approach matters related to the human body. --from publisher description.

In the futuristic Republic of Gilead, where ecological disasters have ravaged the land, only a few women, called Handmaids, can still bear children. Handmaid Kate is sent to the home of the 'Commander' to bear his child for his infertile wife; but, revolutionaries seeking to overthrow the government plan to use Kate to assassinate the Commander. Kate risks her life to break free and strike a fatal blow for the revolution.

Using microphotography to explore the hidden world inside the human body, this program covers three incredible team efforts: the coordination of muscles, bones, heart and circulatory system that makes Mike Powell the world's greatest long jumper; the digestive dynamo that turns a simple sandwich eaten by five-time Olympic gold medalist Bonnie Blair into raw energy for a blistering sprint down the ice; and the ultimate event--the development of a new...

"A gentle and engaging introduction to the basic facts of life."--Provided by publisher.

Text and illustrations explain the male and female body, conception, pregnancy, and birth. Includes a note to caregivers and glossary.