The Boys' Guide to Growing Up: the best-selling puberty guide for boys

Name: The Boys' Guide to Growing Up: the best-selling puberty guide for boys
Brand: Hachette New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781526360175
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By Phil Wilkinson

Series: Guide to Growing Up

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The Boys' Guide to Growing Up by Phil Wilkinson is an informative guide aimed at boys experiencing puberty. It offers straightforward and reassuring advice covering physical and emotional changes, hygiene, and healthy habits. With clear explanations and supportive tips, it empowers young readers to navigate adolescence confidently.
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You might enjoy this book if you're looking for a straightforward and reassuring guide to help navigate the changes that come with puberty. It's designed to provide boys with essential information and answers to the questions they might feel too shy to ask, making it a great resource for understanding physical and emotional changes during these formative years.

The Boys' Guide to Growing Up: the best-selling puberty guide for boys

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

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Bestseller in 'Children's sex education' Amazon category in the UK, May 2024

"My son said nothing scared him after reading this book and he felt much more comfortable about it all." - online customer review

"Do you ever wonder how to start the conversation about the birds and the bees with your child? Well, this book helps you in so many ways! Highly recommend if you're planning on having that talk soon." - online customer review

"Great book, factual, easy to understand and supports parental talks!" - online customer review

"It's a perfect no-nonsense book! Brilliant!" - online customer review

"It has all the answers for inquisitive minds." - online customer review

"My son is autistic and finds change very hard. This book has helped him to understand the changes that will happen in himself that he can't control. Bright pictures with accurate details for the body parts. Great book!" - online customer review

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

A friendly and reassuring guide for boys 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 body hair and vocal changes to mood swings and self-esteem, puberty and parenting expert Phil Wilkinson addresses any worries that boys might have relating to what is 'normal'. He reassures readers and boosts their confidence, encouraging them to feel positive about the changes they will experience as they go through puberty.

The Boys' Guide to Growing Up also includes advice on topics such as exercise, healthy eating, shaving, talking about feelings and how puberty affects girls, and has an age-appropriate section on sex and reproduction.

Contents include:

What is puberty?
Your puberty timeline
How do hormones work?
The height and weight race
A deeper voice
Spotty skin
Hair, hair, everywhere
The art of shaving
Sweat, smells and personal hygiene
Changes down below
New feelings
Sex explained
Making babies
Keeping your confidence up
Mood swings
Managing your feelings
Healthy eating
The power of exercise
Privacy and your body
Puberty for girls
Girls have worries, too

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The Boys' Guide to Growing Up: the best-selling puberty guide for boys

By Phil Wilkinson

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526360175

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: 4.0mm

Width: 171.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 143g

Pages: 48

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About the Author

Phil Wilkinson (Author)

Phil Wilkinson is a freelance writer and the author of 50 books, as well as being a dad of two. He is a contributor to a number of parenting sites, including the Huffington Post, writing about education, bullying, sex education and teenagers.

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 Boys' Guide to Growing Up: the best-selling puberty guide for boys

The Boys' Guide to Growing Up: the best-selling puberty guide for boys