Parenting > Puberty

Now revised and updated with current facts, this is the perfect book to provide straightforward answers for pre-teens on a variety of subjects related to sex and puberty. Information about sex is everywhere. But what you learn from TV, movies, the internet, and friends is not always a healthy or accurate view of sexuality. Try this book's answers instead.

A sensitive, detailed and informative guide to female puberty, invaluable for young girls and parents alike, tackling key subjects from physical changes to buying their first bra. Bright, stylish original colour illustrations and diagrams reveal everything young girls need to know about the changes they experience as they near puberty. Written in a witty yet factual and clear style that makes this confusing and tricky subject approachable. Includes basic details on what's happening to boys, too.

Girls and Boys are always curious and even sometimes 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, which takes the form of a conversa... read more

A guide to puberty from the authors of 'Where Did I Come From?' Enough strange and wonderful things happen to all of us during puberty to fill a book. So here is is - the book that answers some of the big questions, and explains some of the big changes. One look at the illustrations will tell you that this is not a dull medical textbook. But it does present the facts of life during puberty, and it presents them with honesty, sympathy and a sense of humour.

Living with a Willy is about what it's really like to be a willy owner. It's about your body and what happens to it. Packed with honest factual information, presented with humour, it answers all the concerns that teenage boys have.

Starting to have periods is something all girls face. This book explains exactly what periods are, why they happen, and how they will affect you - asking all the questions and giving all the answers simply and openly, with plenty of practical advice.

A sensitive, detailed and informative guide to male puberty, invaluable for young boys and parents alike, tackling key subjects from physical changes to emotional ones.

Bright, stylish original colour illustrations and diagrams reveal everything young boys need to know about the changes they experience as they near puberty.

Written in a witty yet factual and clear style that makes this confusing and tricky subject approachable.

Includes basic details on what's happening to girls, too.
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This book aims to answer all the questions teenagers want to ask about growing up, their changing bodies and what sex is that they are too embarrassed to ask. The book looks at how our body changes during puberty and how we develop emotionally. These physical and emotional changes are also looked at in how they affect our relationships with friends, parents and boyfriends or girlfriends. From spots and breasts to shaving and condoms, this is a perfect guide to growing up.

This is a funky and fun boy's and girl's guide to puberty and growing up. As kids grow up and reach puberty, their bodies start to change and develop. They're bound to have all kinds of questions - but what exactly is happening? From growth spurts to sex education, this straight-talking but fun guide to how girls and boys grow up will tell your child everything they need to know about growing up. Arranged into separate boy and girl sections, they will learn about each other as well as themselves. Packed with cool graphics, quizzes ... read more

An easy-to-read and friendly guide to everything girls need to know about puberty and periods.

Taking some of the scariness out of puberty, this fun and informative book for 9-13 year olds covers all those questions about love and sex.

A warm, wise and with-it NZ guide to growing up, designed to help pre-teens feel good about the changes that are happening to them physically, sexually and emotionally.

Struggling to cope with an emotionally charged minefield as your son becomes a man? Do you sometimes wonder if you'll both come out alive? In Sons to Men, Anne Harvey offers a practical guide for mothers as their sons enter adolescence. While many other books concentrate on teenage boys' propensity to misjudge situations and inability to consider implications, Anne focuses on mothers and how they are impacted by their sons' actions and developments. Using real-life examples, she demonstrates how these situations can affect any boy ... read more

A brilliant guide to boys' bits. This is a reissue of the previously titled Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask About Willies and Other Boys' Bits. A clear, unpatronising book giving teens all the facts they really want to know.