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Welcome to Sex
Your no-silly-questions guide to sexuality, pleasure and figuring it out
Series: Welcome To You
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This introductory guide to sex and sexuality for readers who are 14+ is age-appropriate, frank, shame-free and fun. It will help young readers navigate their developing sexual debuts with confidence!
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Every household needs a copy of Welcome to Sex, the multi-award-winning, #1 best-selling, age-appropriate guide to sex and sexuality for teens of all genders, from the authors of Welcome to Your Period, Welcome to Consent, and Welcome to Your Boobs!
★ WINNER: 2024 Indie Book Awards Book of the Year for Young Adults ★
★ WINNER: 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year for Older Children ★
★ SHORTLISTED: 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Young Adult Literature ★
★ SHORTLISTED: 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards Social Impact Book of the Year ★
★ SHORTLISTED: 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards Audiobook of the Year ★
★ SHORTLISTED: 2024 BookPeople Book of the Year ★
This introductory guide by 'Dolly Doctor' Dr Melissa Kang and journalist Yumi Stynes (Ladies, We Need to Talk) is packed with honest advice on everything you need to know about sex: how to know when you're ready, reasons not to have sex, and exploring pleasure on your own – as well as frank, clear information about becoming sexually intimate with others, staying safe, and how to communicate (including talking to your parents about sex – this is really important). Plus everything you've ever wondered about wobbly starts and awkward moments!
Welcome to Sex is inclusive, intersectional, multicultural, reassuring and all about keeping sex fun, real, and shame-free. With plenty of case studies, first-person accounts, and questions from real teens – covering a wide range of gender, sexuality, and dis/ability – Welcome to Sex will help readers navigate their sexual debuts with confidence!
- 'An informative, entertaining, and potentially life-saving book that should find a place in every home.' – Prime Minister's Literary Awards
- ‘It’s a glorious thing that a book like this exists.’ – Pedestrian
- 'A brilliant and accessible book … Sexual abusers and predators [rely] on shame to silence [their targets]. The more information we can give children and teenagers about their bodies, [the] better.’ – The Age
Welcome to Sex covers a wide range of age-appropriate content for teens, including:
- What Is Sex?
- Parents and Carers and Awkward Conversations
- Getting Intimate With Myself
- Orgasms
- Labels: Sexual and Gender Identities
- What The Outside World Is Telling Us About Sex
- Myths About Sex
- Reasons To Not Have Sex
- How It Begins: Feelings, Flirting, and Falling In Love
- What Can Actually Happen With Another Person?
- Wobbly Starts
- Relationships
- Looking After Myself and My Partner
- Pregnancy Lowdown
- Awkward Sex Moments and Other Challenges
- Is Something Wrong?
- Keeping Safe
Read more in the multi-award-winning Welcome To series by Dr Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes:
- Welcome to Your Period: Your easy, no-silly-questions guide to handling it like a boss
- Welcome to Your Boobs: Your easy, no-silly-questions guide to your breast friends
- Welcome to Consent: How to say no, when to say yes and everything in between
- Welcome to Sex: Your no-silly-questions guide to sexuality, pleasure, and figuring it out
Series: Welcome To You
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Welcome to Consent
Welcome to Consent by Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang is a must-read guidebook designed for tweens and teens of all genders, offering crucial insights into understanding and navigating consent. Written by the award-winning authors behind Welcome To Your Period and Welcome to Sex, this invaluable resource offers a comprehensive approach to a topic that affects everyone, regardless of age...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
Welcome to Your Boobs!
The perfect guide to dealing with boobs, bras and more for tweens and teens! From the multi-award-winning authors of #1 bestsellers Welcome to Your Period and Welcome to Consent: adolescent health expert Dr Melissa Kang (a former Dolly Doctor) and Ladies, We Need to Talk host, Yumi Stynes. There's no getting around it – boobs can be pretty weird! Even...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Welcome to Your Period
The #1 best-selling, award-winning guide to getting your period for the first time, from 'Dolly Doctor' Dr Melissa Kang and journalist Yumi Stynes (Ladies, We Need to Talk). Getting your period for the first time can be mortifying, weird and messy – and asking questions about it can feel even worse. But it doesn’t have to be like that! This...Paperback$2099Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
Welcome to Sex
Every household needs a copy of Welcome to Sex, the multi-award-winning, #1 best-selling, age-appropriate guide to sex and sexuality for teens of all genders, from the authors of Welcome to Your Period, Welcome to Consent, and Welcome to Your Boobs! ★ WINNER: 2024 Indie Book Awards Book of the Year for Young Adults ★ ★ WINNER: 2024 Australian Book Industry...Paperback$2399Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
Pre-orderWelcome to Friendship!
From the best-selling authors of Welcome to Consent and Welcome to Your Period comes this warm, funny, indispensable guide for tweens and teens on navigating the highs and lows of friendship – including making friends, keeping them and what to do when things get tricky! In this primer on all things friendship, journalist Yumi Stynes and adolescent health expert Dr...Paperback$2399Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableOut 28 Jul 2026Pre-order
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Welcome to Sex is praised for its fearless and comprehensive approach to sex education for young people, offering inclusive language and content for all sexual orientations, identities, and cultures. The book is noted for its warm, friendly, and approachable tone. It is highly recommended as an essential resource for homes with teenagers, providing better education than most traditional means. The book's accessible information is seen as vital for young people to understand their bodies and form healthy relationships, and it has garnered significant acclaim and success in sales.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781760509538
Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 May 2023
Country: Australia
Imprint: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Edition: First Edition, Paperback
Illustration: Full Colour
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Jenny Latham
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 180.0mm
Weight: 488g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Dr Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes are the best-selling, award-winning authors of four books together: Welcome to Your Period, Welcome to Your Boobs, Welcome to Consent and Welcome to Sex.
Most people know Dr Melissa Kang as the longest-serving expert behind the iconic Dolly Doctor column, but she’s also a practising medical doctor for marginalised young people and has academic roles at the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney. She is fifth-generation Malaysian-Chinese Anglo-Australian, which makes specialising in adolescent sexuality and sexual health all the more interesting. She continues to speak about these topics in the mainstream media.
Yumi Stynes is a second-gen Japanese-Australian TV and radio presenter who, like a lot of us, had to ‘unlearn’ period shame. She’s currently the host of Ladies, We Need to Talk, an award-winning podcast that explores all the trickiest topics and taboos about women’s health, including periods, discharge, difficult motherhood, and whether or not your vagina is weird.
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Welcome to Consent
Welcome to Consent by Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang is a must-read guidebook designed for tweens and teens of all genders, offering crucial insights into understanding and navigating consent. Written by the award-winning authors behind Welcome To Your Period and Welcome to Sex, this invaluable resource offers a comprehensive approach to a topic that affects everyone, regardless of age...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
Welcome to Your Boobs!
The perfect guide to dealing with boobs, bras and more for tweens and teens! From the multi-award-winning authors of #1 bestsellers Welcome to Your Period and Welcome to Consent: adolescent health expert Dr Melissa Kang (a former Dolly Doctor) and Ladies, We Need to Talk host, Yumi Stynes. There's no getting around it – boobs can be pretty weird! Even...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Welcome to Your Period
The #1 best-selling, award-winning guide to getting your period for the first time, from 'Dolly Doctor' Dr Melissa Kang and journalist Yumi Stynes (Ladies, We Need to Talk). Getting your period for the first time can be mortifying, weird and messy – and asking questions about it can feel even worse. But it doesn’t have to be like that! This...Paperback$2099Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
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Welcome to Friendship!
From the best-selling authors of Welcome to Consent and Welcome to Your Period comes this warm, funny, indispensable guide for tweens and teens on navigating the highs and lows of friendship – including making friends, keeping them and what to do when things get tricky! In this primer on all things friendship, journalist Yumi Stynes and adolescent health expert Dr...Paperback$2399Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableOut 28 Jul 2026Pre-order
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Welcome to Consent
Welcome to Consent by Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang is a must-read guidebook designed for tweens and teens of all genders, offering crucial insights into understanding and navigating consent. Written by the award-winning authors behind Welcome To Your Period and Welcome to Sex, this invaluable resource offers a comprehensive approach to a topic that affects everyone, regardless of age...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
Welcome to Your Boobs!
The perfect guide to dealing with boobs, bras and more for tweens and teens! From the multi-award-winning authors of #1 bestsellers Welcome to Your Period and Welcome to Consent: adolescent health expert Dr Melissa Kang (a former Dolly Doctor) and Ladies, We Need to Talk host, Yumi Stynes. There's no getting around it – boobs can be pretty weird! Even...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
The Food Fix
The Food Fix is co-authored by Yumi Stynes, who has a background in cooking and broadcasting, and Simon Davis, an experienced editor of numerous cookbooks in the food publishing industry. The two met while working on one of Yumi's cookbooks and discovered a shared passion for tackling the ongoing challenge of feeding a large family (collectively, they have many children)....Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Welcome to Your Period
The #1 best-selling, award-winning guide to getting your period for the first time, from 'Dolly Doctor' Dr Melissa Kang and journalist Yumi Stynes (Ladies, We Need to Talk). Getting your period for the first time can be mortifying, weird and messy – and asking questions about it can feel even worse. But it doesn’t have to be like that! This...Paperback$2099Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
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Welcome to Friendship!
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