| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
89 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Lots of questions -- Changing bodies, growing up, sex, and sexual health -- pt. 1. What is sex? -- 1. Girl or boy, female or male : sex and gender -- 2. Making babies : sexual reproduction -- 3. Strong feelings : sexual desire -- 4. Making love : sexual intercourse -- 5. Straight and gay : heterosexuality and homosexuality -- pt. 2. Our bodies -- 6. The human body : all kinds of bodies -- 7. Outside and inside : the female sex organs -- 8. Outside and inside : the male sex organs -- 9. Words : talking about bodies and sex -- pt. 3. Puberty -- 10. Changes and messages : puberty and hormones -- 11. The travels of the egg : female puberty -- 12. The travels of the sperm : male puberty -- 13. Not all at once! : growing and changing bodies -- 14. More changes! : taking care of your body -- 15. Back and forth, up and down : new and changing feelings -- 16. Perfectly normal : masturbation -- pt. 4. Families and babies -- 17. All sorts of families : taking care of babies and kids -- 18. Instructions from mom and dad : the cell : genes and chromosomes -- 19. A kind of sharing : cuddling, kissing, touching, and sexual intercourse -- 20. Before birth : pregnancy -- 21. What a trip! : birth -- 22. Other arrivals : more ways to have a baby and family -- pt. 5. Decisions -- 23. Planning ahead : postponement, abstinence, and birth control -- 24. Laws and rulings : abortion -- pt. 6. Staying healthy -- 25. Talk about it : sexual abuse -- 26. Checkup : sexually transmitted diseases -- 27. Scientists working day and night : HIV and AIDS -- 28. Staying healthy : responsible choices. |
| Subject |
Sex instruction for children.
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Sex instruction for teenagers.
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Sexual health -- Juvenile literature.
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Sexual health.
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| Added Author |
Emberley, Michael, illustrator.
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| Added Title |
It is perfectly normal |
| ISBN |
1564021998 |
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1564021599 paperback |
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