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It's perfectly normal : changing bodies, growing up, sex, gender, and sexual health
Audience Youth 0-15 years
Published 2021 by Candlewick Press, Somerville, Massachusetts
ISBN 9781536207217
Bib Id 2443250
Edition Fifth edition 2021.
Description 116 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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03590cam a2200481Ii 4500
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2009-008457
ISBN
9781536207217 (paperback) $15.00
1536207209
9781536207200
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J 613.9 H
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Title
It's perfectly normal : changing bodies, growing up, sex, gender, and sexual health
Varying Form of Title
It is perfectly normal
Edition
Fifth edition 2021.
Publication Information
2021 by Candlewick Press, Somerville, Massachusetts :
Description
116 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Note
Includes index.
Earlier editions were published with a different subtitle: It's perfectly normal : a book about changing bodies, growing up, sex, and sexual health.
Contents
Lots of questions. Changing bodies, growing up, sex, and sexual health -- What is sex?. Babies, kids, preteens, teens, grown ups : sex and gender ; Making babies : sexual reproduction ; Strong feelings : sexual desire ; Making love : sexual intercourse ; Who you are : straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, + -- Our bodies. The human body : all kinds of bodies ; Outside and inside : our sex organs ; Words : talking about bodies and sex -- Puberty. Changes and messages : puberty and hormones ; The travels of the egg : eggs and puberty ; The travels of the sperm : sperm and puberty ; Not all at once! : growing and changing bodies ; More changes! : taking care of your body ; Back and forth, up and down : new and changing feelings ; Perfectly normal : masturbation -- Families and babies. All sorts of families : taking care of babies and kids ; Instructions-Information : the cell -- genes and chromosomes ; A kind of sharing : cuddling, kissing, touching, and sexual intercourse ; Before birth : pregnancy ; What a trip! : birth ; Other arrivals : more ways to have a baby and family -- Decisions. Planning ahead : delay, postpone, abstain, prevent, control ; Laws and rulings : abortion -- Staying healthy. Helpful -- fun -- creepy -- dangerous : the internet and you ; Talk about it : sexual abuse ; Getting a checkup : sexually transmitted diseases ; Scientists working day and night : HIV and AIDS ; Staying healthy : responsible choices.
Summary
Introduces human sexuality, describes the changes brought about by puberty, and discusses sexual abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, and pregnancy.
Audience
For age 10 and up.
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