It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, Gender, and Sexual Health (The Family Library)

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Fully and fearlessly updated, this vital new edition of the acclaimed book on sex, sexuality, bodies, and puberty deserves a spot in every family’s library.

With more than 1.5 million copies in print, It’s Perfectly Normal has been a trusted resource on sexuality for more than twenty-five years. Rigorously vetted by experts, this is the most ambitiously updated editionyet, featuring to-the-minute information and language accompanied by new and refreshed art.

Updates include:

* A shift to gender-neutral vocabulary throughout

* An expansion on LGBTQIA topics, gender identity, sex, and sexuality—making this a sexual health book for all readers

* Coverage of recent advances in methods of sexual safety and contraception with corresponding illustrations

* A revised section on abortion, including developments in the shifting politics and legislation as well as an accurate, honest overview

* A sensitive and detailed expansion on the topics of sexual abuse, the importance of consent, and destigmatizing HIV/AIDS

* A modern understanding of social media and the internet that tackles rapidly changing technology to highlight its benefits and pitfalls and ways to stay safe online

Inclusive and accessible, this newest edition of It’s Perfectly Normal provides young people with the knowledge and vocabulary they need to understand their bodies, relationships, and identities in order to make responsible decisions and stay healthy.

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What makes me a girl? What makes me a boy? Is it true that a stork brings babies to mommies and daddies? Answer the endless questions young kids have about how they began in this welcoming and accessible volume about life and how they came to be. How does a baby begin and how is it born? Why are some parts of kids’ bodies different from some parts of other kids’ bodies? Answer these questions and more in this informative resource you and your kids will come back to again and again! When young people have questions about sex, real answers can be hard to find. Provide them with accurate, unbiased answers to nearly every imaginable question about their sexual health in this reassuring guide about their changing bodies.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Candlewick; Illustrated edition (May 18, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1536207217
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1536207217
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9+ years, from customers
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 5 – 6
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.56 x 0.45 x 10.25 inches

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Customers find the book highly informative and perfect for parents. They also say it’s advertised for too young an age group. Opinions are mixed on the writing style, with some finding it easy to read and teacher-type tone, while others say the wording is convoluted and difficult for kids to follow. Readers also have mixed feelings about the illustrations, with others enjoying them and others finding them graphic.

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