Books: Reviews by Rowena Thomas

A Tween Girls Guide to Puberty

A Tween Girl’s Guide to Puberty by Abby Swift is an empowering, and practical guide to help girls understand and embrace the physical, emotional, and social changes of puberty with confidence and care.

A Tween Girls Guide to Friendships

A Tween Girl’s Guide to Friendships by Abby Swift is a practical handbook for young girls on how to make friends, handle tricky situations, and build strong, healthy relationships during the tween years.

A Tween Boys Guide to Puberty

“A Tween Boys Guide to Puberty” by Abby Swift The changes that tween boys need to know about growing up

One in a Million: A First Book about Per

One in a Million: A First Book about Periods, by Konika Ray Wong, is for children aged 4 and up. Demystifies the process of ovulation and the menstrual cycle.

The Power of Periods

‘YONI MAGIC: The power of Periods’ is one book in a series by Ariel Saint White for children about periods for children aged 8-10

The Preteen Friendship Journal

‘The Preteen Friendship Journal’ by Fiona Ghiglione is a book for preteens about building healthy friendships.

The parents’ guide to PUBERTY

Cath Hakanson wrote “The Parents’ Guide to Puberty.” An expert in sex education, Cath wants to assist parents in having those difficult conversations with their children by providing a clear, simple guide on what to say and when.

Pippin Girl: Go With The Flow

Multiple female authors contributed to “Pippin Girl: GO WITH THE FLOW.” It seeks to inform young women and the people who support them about the menstrual cycle, dating, consent, and sex.

The Feelings Book

The Feelings Book is a book in the American girl series that helps kids deal with the emotional rollercoaster as they go through puberty.

Hair In Funny Places

Hair In Funny Places is a comical book for young readers that tells the story of a girl who asks her teddy bear how she’s going to turn into a grownup and what happens.

Just for Boys

Just for Boys helps boys get the answers questions they might have about puberty and how to cope.

Just for Girls

Just for Girls is a guide for girls about puberty and growing up.

I’m a Boy Hormones!

I’m a Boy Hormones! is one book in a series for young boys about the changes that can be expected during puberty.

I’m A Girl, Hormones!

I’m a Girl, Hormones! is one in a series of books that talks about how young girls develop and grow during puberty.

Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys

Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys is a guide that helps boys deal with their changing bodies through puberty.

The Care and Keeping of You 2

The Care and Keeping of You 2 is the second book in the American Girl series that talks about puberty.

The Care and Keeping of You 1

The Care and Keeping of You 1 is book 1 in the American girl series about puberty discussing the things that young girls need to know.

Puberty, Periods and All That Stuff! Gir

Puberty, Periods and All That Stuff! Girls Only! serves as a guide to a girl’s life during puberty.

Menstrupedia Comic

Menstrupedia is a comic book about three girls and how they deal with menstruation and other changes that happen during puberty

Cycling to Grandma’s House

Cycling to Grandma’s House is a book that celebrates menstruation by talking about different cultures and what they do when menstruation begins.

Why Do I Have Periods?: Menstruation and

Why Do I Have Periods?: Menstruation and Puberty tells young girls about what happens in their body when they get their first period and how to deal with them.

The Period Book: A Girl’s Guide to Gro

This book aims to help girls become more confident as they embrace the many changes that are happening in their body during puberty.

HelloFlo: The Guide, Period

HelloFlo: The Guide, Period is all about periods and how to deal with them and those preparing for their first period.

Piper Gets Her Period

Piper Gets Her Period is a book about menstruation especially written for girls with autism.

Go With The Flow

Go With The Flow is a graphic novel about a group of students who feel that their school isn’t meeting their needs and challenge the system around menstruation.

Period.

Period. takes a factual look at helping readers understand their period.

The Period Comic

The Period Comic is about a group of friends who share their period journey and also includes information about period poverty.

Ruby Luna’s Moontime

Ruby Luna’s Moontime is about 10-year old girl who gets her period ahead of her peers and shares what happens.

What’s Happening to Me?

What’s Happening to Me? talks about puberty for young boys and the changes that they can expect.

What’s Happening To Me?

What’s Happening To Me? helps girls with the changes that happen to them during puberty.

Ready, Set, Grow!

This book doesn’t talk about reproduction or sex but focuses instead on information mainly about the physical changes girls go through during puberty.

On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow!

On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow! helps young boys prepare for puberty.

My Body, My Self for Boys

“My Body, My Self for Boys”,is a book for younger boys about puberty.

My Body, My Self for Girls

My Body, My Self for Girls gives younger girls the knowledge about puberty without talking about sex

Celebrate Your Body 2

This book goes beyond the usual topics on puberty and dives deep into tougher topics about the body, emotions, and relationships.

Celebrate Your Body 1

Celebrate Your Body 1 aims to make young girls confident in their own skin regardless of the changes that happen during puberty.

What’s Happening to My Body? (Book

“What’s Happening to My Body?” is a book for boys about the growth process during puberty. The physical, emotional, and social aspects too.

What’s Happening to My Body? (Book for

This book provides an overview of the physical and emotional changes that occur to young girls during puberty.

Richard and the Boyz: The Puberty Experi

Richard and the Boyz: The Puberty Experience is a book for boys about puberty.

The Teenage Guy’s Survival Guide

The Teenage Guy’s Survival Guide helps teen boys become more confident as they go through puberty.

What’s Going on Down There?

What’s Going on Down There? answers questions that many young boys have about growing up.

Growing Up Great

Growing Up Great for boys talks about puberty the physical emotional and mental changes that happen..

Growing Up for Boys

Growing Up for Boys is a Usborne chapter book that guides boys through puberty and beyond.

The Body Book for Boys

The book talks about every young boy’s transformation into a young adult during puberty which can be confusing as changes start to manifest.

Help! Why Am I Changing?

Help! Why Am I Changing? gives kids the information about puberty in order to help them to be more confident.

How to Survive Zits and Bad Hair Days

How to Survive Zits and Bad Hair Days give girls advice about puberty to help them deal with all the changes.

Little Book of Growing Up

Little Book of Growing Up is a short guide for girls about growing up.

Teen Talk: Girl Talk

Teen Talk: Girl Talk is one book in a series that gives teen girls advice about growing up.

The Breast Book

The Breast Book is a gender inclusive book about puberty focusing on breasts.

The Girls’ Guide to Sex Education

The Girls’ Guide to Sex Education is in a question-and-answer format about, sex puberty and growing up.

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Marga

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret shares how Margaret talks to God, ashamed to talk to anybody else as she goes through puberty and all of the changes .

Bunk 9’s Guide to Growing Up

Bunk 9’s Guide to Growing Up helps answer questions about the changes that happen during puberty.

My Body’s Superpower

My Body’s Superpower helps young girls realise that puberty is not something to be ashamed of but that it’s a super-power.

The Girls’ Guide to Growing Up Gre

The Girl’s Guide To Growing Up Great is a guide about puberty, sex, and relationships.

Pippin Girl: Remarkable

“Pippin Girl: Remarkable” is a magazine style guide with interesting articles and interviews that aims to inform girls about growing up in a relatable way.

Welcome to Your Period!

Welcome to Your Period! discusses everything about periods.

Girl Talk: The Ultimate Body & Pube

Girl Talk: The Ultimate Body & Puberty Book for Girls! prepares girls for what’s about to happen as they enter puberty.

So That’s What’s Happening

So That’s What’s Happening serves as a simple and factual road map that guides boys and girls through puberty.

Growing Up (Usborne Facts of Life)

Growing Up (Usborne Facts of Life) first published in 1995 shares the facts that young boys and girls need to learn about as they grow up to becoming young adults.

Me, Myself and I

“Me, Myself and I” talks about sex and puberty

Puberty and Growing Up

This book helps tweens understand the journey that they are about to embark on the moment they start puberty

The Puberty Book

The Puberty Book discusses puberty and the things that can be expected.

What’s Happening to Me?

What’s Happening to Me? by Peter Mayle is a funny book about the physical changes during puberty. It was first published many years ago.

Lift-the-Flap Questions & Answers a

This book answers over 60 questions that kids have about everything, especially when it comes to the human body

What’s Up As You Grow Up?

What’s Up As You Grow Up? is an activity book that guides anyone going through puberty on what to expect, what to do, how to deal with the changes coming their way

Puberty: Coming To A Body Near You

Puberty: Coming To A Body Near You is an activity based book that helps kids better understand puberty and how to cope with the changes that happen.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know Abo

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Puberty and Shouldn’t Be Googling is a book about puberty.

It’s OK to Be You: A Frank and Fun

It’s OK to Be You helps kids cope with the changes during puberty and empowers them to speak up to trusted adults

You-ology – A Puberty Guide For Ev

You-ology A Puberty Guide For Everybody’ By Kathryn Lowe, Dr Trish Hutchison and Melissa Holmes is a gender-inclusive guide to puberty.

How Will I Grow?

How Will I Grow? is a simple guide for young readers about puberty.

Changing You!

Changing You! reminds kids aged 6 to 8 that their bodies are amazing and how they change during puberty.

It’s Perfectly Normal

It’s Perfectly Normal has been updated to include gender-neutral vocabulary, LGBTQIA topics, sexual safety, contraception and abortion.

Willies: A User’s Guide

Willies: A User’s Guide is a funny book that talks about growing up and sex.

Brilliant Questions About Growing Up

Brilliant Questions About Growing Up gives simple answers about bodies and boundaries (and more) with the ultimate goal of empowering our kids about growing up.

Will Puberty Last My Whole Life

Will Puberty Last My Whole Life? answers many questions pre-teens and teenagers ask in relation to puberty and more.

Does This Happen to Everyone?

Does This Happen to Everyone? is a guide to puberty.

Puberty Is Gross but Also Really Awesome

Puberty Is Gross but Also Really Awesome is all about puberty and is gender inclusive.

Welcome Boobs

‘Welcome Boobs’: Your Easy, No-silly-questions Guide to Your Breast Friends, a book that talks about breasts. By Yumi Stynes and Melissa Kang.

The Boy’s Guide to Growing Up

The Boy’s Guide to Growing Up helps young boys understand the changes that are happening or will happen to their bodies during puberty.

The Girls’ Guide to Growing Up

The Girls’ Guide to Growing Up explains all the changes that happen during puberty for young girls both physically and emotionally.

More Secret Girls’ Business

More Secret Girls’ Business continues on from the first book about the physical, emotional and social changes during puberty.

Secret Boys’ Business

Secret Girls’ Business discusses puberty and what happens for boys.

Secret Girls’ Business

Secret Girls’ Business discusses puberty and what happens for girls.

Girl Stuff 13+

Girl Stuff 13+ is full of practical tips and need-to-know facts for teenaged girls about becoming growing up.

Girl Stuff 8 – 12

Girl Stuff 8 – 12 is a resource for girls who want to know more about all the changes during puberty and how to be prepared.

A Guy’s Guide To Puberty

In A Guy’s Guide to Puberty, is an interactive fun book for boys aged 8 to 12 about what to expect during puberty.

A Girl’s Guide to Puberty

A Girl’s Guide to Puberty is an interactive book that equips young girls with the facts about puberty.

Is This Normal?

Is This Normal aims to answer the questions young girls ask in relation to the changes happening to them during puberty.

Puberty & Growing Up

Puberty & Growing is a guide about puberty and growing up.

Girl Talk

Girl Talk serves as a guide for young girls to be better prepared to deal with puberty and the many changes that can be expected.

Smart Girl’s Guide to Growing Up

Smart Girl’s Guide to Growing Up is for young girls about the changes happening during puberty, as well as other topics about growing up.

Puberty Girl

Puberty Girl guides girls through the process of growing up.

Puberty Boy

Puberty Girl guides boys through the process of growing up.

The Girl Guide: 50 Ways to Learn to Love

The Girl Guide is packed with 50 practical tips about how to cope with growing up.

My Changing Body: Girl’s Edition

My Changing Body is a practical guide that helps girls understand the changes that come with puberty.

My Changing Body: Boy’s Edition

My Changing Body is a practical guide that helps boys understand the changes that come with puberty.

My Body’s Changing: A Girl’s

My Body’s Changing: A Girl’s Guide to Growing Up discusses the changes that girls need to know during puberty

My Body’s Changing: A Boy’s

The book serves as a guide to growing up for young boys, explaining the changes that happen during puberty.

The Girl’s Body Book

The Girl’s Body Book is a guide for pre-teens that will help them understand the physical, emotional, and social changes they’ll be going through during puberty

The Boy’s Body Book

The Boy’s Body Book is a guide for pre-teens that will help them understand the physical, emotional, and social changes they’ll be going through during puberty

Celebrate Your Feelings

Celebrate Your Feelings is a guide about puberty and includes the emotional changes and how to cope with them.

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