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World AIDS Day 2006: A Bibliography

All these books are available in the Bank Street Library.

Books for Children

Atkins, Jeannine. A name on the quilt: a story of remembrance. New York: Atheneum, 1999. Call number: JPA. A family reminisces while gathered together to make a panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt in memory of a beloved uncle.

Ellis, Deborah. The heaven shop. Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005. Call number: JFE. This is a poignant story of a child caught up in the AIDS crisis in southern Africa.

Gedatus, Gustav Mark. HIV and AIDS. Mankato, MN: Lifematters, 2000. Call number: J 616.97 G. Discusses the history of AIDS, its causes, stages, diagnosis, treatments, and related research.

Gravelle, Karen. What’s going on down there? Answers to questions boys find hard to ask. New York: Walker, 1998. Call number: J 612.6 G. Describes the physical and emotional changes that occur in boys (and, to a lesser extent, in girls) during puberty and discusses sexual activity, homosexuality, AIDS, and other related topics.

Nakaya, Andrea, ed. AIDS. Detroit: Gale, 2006. Call number: J 616.9 A. Includes discussion about the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and Africa.

Schulman, Arlene. Carmine’s story: a book about a boy living with AIDS. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1997. Call number: J 616.97 S. A ten-year-old AIDS patient describes the disease, how he got it, and how it is affecting his daily life.

Storad, Conrad. Inside AIDS: HIV attacks the immune system. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1998. Call number: J 616.97 S. Discusses the reaction of the human body to viruses, the AIDS virus (HIV), and its effect on the human immune system.

Winick, Judd. Pedro and me: friendship, loss, and what I learned. New York: Holt, 2000. Call number: J 616.97 W. In graphic art format, describes the friendship between two roomates on the MTV show “Real World,” one of whom died of AIDS.

Wolf, Bernard. HIV positive. New York: Dutton, 1997. Call number: J 362.1 W. Tells about AIDS through the story of a twenty-nine-year-old mother of two who has the disease.

Books for Adults

Hunsaker Hawkins, Anne. A small, good thing: stories of children with HIV and those who care for them. New York: Norton, 2000. Call number: 362.198929792 H393s

Matthews, Dawn, ed. AIDS sourcebook: basic consumer health information about acquired immune deficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2003. Call number: 362.1969792 A288s

Silin, Jonathan. Sex, death, and the education of children: our passions for ignorance in the age of AIDS. New York: Teachers College Press, 1995. Call number: 372.37 S583s

Silin, Jonathan, and Charissa Sgourous. Children talk about AIDS (videorecording.) New York: Teachers College Press, 1999. Call number: 362.1969792 C536t

Ungar, Michael, ed. Handbook for working with children and youth: pathways to resilience across cultures and contexts. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2005. Call number: 362.7 H236f

Watstein, Sarah Barbara, ed. The encyclopedia of HIV and AIDS. New York: Facts on File, 2003. Call number: 616.9792003 W343e2