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Hair In Funny Places
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Girls and boys are always curious and sometimes even alarmed by the behaviour of their bodies as they grow up. This book is bound to be controversial but Babette has never taken the conventional path and her readers love her for her outrageous approach to little mentioned topics.
The fifth title in Babette Cole's bestselling series of 'family dilemmas'
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The fifth title in Babette Cole's bestselling series of 'family dilemmas'.
Girls and boys are always curious and sometimes even alarmed by the behaviour of their bodies as they grow up. Puberty being a particularly unsettling time, Babette Cole has made this the subject of the fifth title in her bestselling series of 'family dilemmas'. Who else but Babette would have the temerity to tackle this subject in a picture book and the genius to carry it off!
In Hair In Funny Places her artwork is, without exaggeration, some of the best she has ever done—it is brilliant. The text takes the form of a conversation between a small girl and her teddy bear, and is ingenious and funny. It is the behaviour of Mr and Mrs Hormone (wonderfully depicted) which is responsible for and plays havoc with the physical and emotional states of girls and boys throughout puberty.
This book is bound to be controversial, but Babette has never taken the conventional path, and her readers love her for her outrageous approach to little-mentioned topics.
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Hair In Funny Places by Babette Cole is praised as a classic picture book that addresses the topic of puberty in an engaging and approachable manner. The book receives commendations for its humorous and straightforward exploration of a subject that is often considered challenging for both children and parents to discuss.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780099266266
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 October 2001
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Red Fox
Illustration: 32
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 3.0mm
Width: 246.0mm
Height: 250.0mm
Weight: 194g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Babette Cole was born in Jersey in the Channel Islands. She graduated from Canterbury College of Art in 1973 and was the illustrator and author of more than 150 witty, imaginative, irreverent and thought-provoking picture books for children including the bestselling, stereotype-defying Princess Smartypants. She produced animated storyboards for the BBC and illustrated numerous greetings cards and books by other authors as well as her own. Babette adored the countryside and was a keen horse rider and breeder. She spent much of her life in Lincolnshire, before moving to Kent and then westward through Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.
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