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Growing Up
Series: Facts of Life
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Growing Up by Sam Baer is a clear and simple guide to growing up and the changes you can expect during puberty. With cartoony artwork and diagrams, this book explains puberty in a simple, clear, and friendly way. Designed to help reassure readers that what they're...
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Description
Growing Up by Sam Baer is a clear and simple guide to growing up and the changes you can expect during puberty. With cartoony artwork and diagrams, this book explains puberty in a simple, clear, and friendly way.
Designed to help reassure readers that what they're going through is normal, this book addresses coping with a changing body, mood swings, new emotions, and even questions about sexuality and identity. The writing and art style, and the level of detail given in each topic, have been tailored to be suitable for kids aged 10 and up who have just begun their journey into puberty—or are likely to start soon.
Topics covered include: growing taller, getting hairier, bras, periods, shaving, all about vaginas, vulvas, and penises, sex, sexuality, love, relationships, friendships, hormones, looking after yourself, staying safe, and keeping healthy. The content is written in consultation with experts in sex education and gender studies, alongside medical doctors.
Series: Facts of Life
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Growing Up
Growing Up by Sam Baer is a clear and simple guide to growing up and the changes you can expect during puberty. With cartoony artwork and diagrams, this book explains puberty in a simple, clear, and friendly way. Designed to help reassure readers that what they're going through is normal, this book addresses coping with a changing body, mood swings,...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Growing Up
Growing Up by Sue Meredith offers a very approachable and reassuring account of exactly what happens in the body at puberty. It includes informative sections on sex, contraception, sexually transmitted infections, and drugs, as well as advice on healthy eating, exercise, and hygiene. This book is the winner of the Times Educational Supplement Information Book Award.PaperbackSold Out
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781805313014
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 February 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Julia Dürr
- Original author Sue Meredith
Audience: Primary and secondary education, Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 4.0mm
Width: 171.0mm
Height: 240.0mm
Weight: 150g
Pages: 64
About the Author
Sam Baer grew up on the tiny island of Jersey before setting off on adventures in not-quite-so-tiny England. Since 2011, he's been writing books about everything from imps and elves to Victorian fashion. It's a dream job (almost as good as being a superhero).
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