The Girls' Guide to Growing Up: the best-selling puberty guide for girls

Name: The Girls' Guide to Growing Up: the best-selling puberty guide for girls
Brand: Hachette New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781526360182
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By Anita Naik

Series: Guide to Growing Up

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The Girls' Guide to Growing Up by Anita Naik offers a comprehensive introduction to the changes girls experience during puberty. Covering topics like physical changes, emotional challenges, and social dynamics, it provides supportive and age-appropriate guidance. Designed to empower young girls, the book encourages a positive outlook on growing up with practical advice and relatable insights.
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You might enjoy this book if you're looking for a friendly and accessible guide to help young girls navigate the changes of puberty. With clear and reassuring explanations, it provides useful advice and answers to common questions, making it perfect for those seeking a supportive resource during this important life stage.

The Girls' Guide to Growing Up: the best-selling puberty guide for girls

A sensitively written, friendly guide to growing up, specifically aimed at younger girls.

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Bestseller in 'Books on Self-esteem and Self-reliance for Young Adults' Amazon category in the UK, May 2024

"... this book is a MUST if you have a growing girl." - online customer review

"Some things are super scary especially for a 9-year-old but reading this together, I felt, let her know that she could talk to me about anything." - online customer review

"It has everything a girl needs to understand their body and mood changes as they experience this new stage of their lives." - online customer review

"A very gentle and friendly guide to growing up." - online customer review

"The illustrations are all child-appropriate and the level of detail is set just right." - online customer review

"Opens the door for conversations about the changes they are and will be going through." - online customer review

A sensitively written, friendly guide to growing up, specifically aimed at younger girls.

A friendly, reassuring and positive guide for girls as they approach puberty, explaining the changes that will happen to their bodies as they grow up and how these changes might make them feel. Covering everything from periods and breast development to body hair and personal hygiene, puberty and parenting expert Anita Naik addresses any worries that girls may have relating to what is 'normal'. She reassures readers and boosts their confidence, encouraging them to feel positive about the changes they will experience as they go through puberty.

The Girls' Guide to Growing Up also includes advice on topics such as body image, self-esteem and how puberty affects boys, and has an age-appropriate section on sex and reproduction.

Contents include:

What is puberty?
Your puberty timeline
Breasts and bras
Same age, different stage
Skin changes
Sweats, smells and personal hygiene
Hair in new places
Changes down below
What are periods?
The practical side of periods
Managing periods
Sex explained
Making babies
New feelings
Managing your moods
Healthy eating
The power of exercise
Self-esteem and body image
Privacy and your body
Puberty for boys
Boys have worries, too

Series: Guide to Growing Up

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The Girls' Guide to Growing Up: the best-selling puberty guide for girls

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The Girls' Guide to Growing Up by Anita Naik is highly recommended as a resourceful and approachable guide for young girls navigating puberty. It covers a range of topics like wearing your first bra, dealing with skincare, building self-esteem, and preparing for periods, providing answers to questions girls might feel uncomfortable asking adults.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526360182

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 July 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wren & Rook

Contributors:

Illustrated by Sarah Horne

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 143g

Pages: 48

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2025 Best Sellers Anita Naik Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Featured In Stock Kid's Books New Zealand's Best Selling Books Series: Guide to Growing Up

About the Author

Anita Naik (Author)

Anita Naik is a freelance writer and the author of 50 books, as well as being a mum of two. She is currently the agony aunt on Woman's Own magazine, and a contributor to a number of parenting sites, including the Huffington Post, writing about education, bullying, sex education and teenagers. She can be found tweeting @AnitaNaik or at www.anitanaik.co.uk.

Sarah Horne (Illustrator)

Sarah grew up in Derbyshire, mainly under a snow drift. She spent much of her childhood scampering in the nearby fields with a few goats. Then she decided to be sensible and studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Arts, graduating in 2001. She has illustrated for many different projects including an ad campaign for Kew Gardens entitled 'Plantastic Play'. She has also undertaken commission from The Guardian and The Independent newspapers. Sarah now specialises in funny, inky illustration and words for children's fiction and picture books. Sarah likes to paint on very big canvas. She loves funny detail, colour, music, dreams and big open spaces. Sarah now works from a studio on a hill in Forest Hill, London.

The Girls' Guide to Growing Up: the best-selling puberty guide for girls

The Girls' Guide to Growing Up: the best-selling puberty guide for girls