Amazing You!: Getting Smart About Your Private Parts - Softcover

Saltz, Dr. Gail

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142410586 ISBN 13: 9780142410585

Publisher: Puffin Books, 2008

Synopsis

?Mom, where do babies come from?? Many parents live in fear of the day their child asks this question?which inevitably happens, often as early as the preschool years. Here is a picture book designed especially for young children who are becoming aware of their bodies, but aren?t ready to learn about sexual intercourse. Written with warmth and honesty, Amazing You! presents clear and age-appropriate information about reproduction, birth, and the difference between girls? and boys? bodies. Lynne Cravath?s lighthearted illustrations enliven the text, making this a book that parents will gladly share with their young ones.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Gail Saltz lives in New York City. Lynne Cravath lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 1–This title tackles basic body awareness and sex education. The text speaks directly to young children, differentiating between body parts that are visible most of the time and those that are kept hidden, showing the differences between girls and boys and offering a simple explanation of how babies are made without explicit reference to sex. Cravath's sunny cartoons show the various parts in a straightforward manner, though preschoolers may be confused about where the internal ones are. The text also uses terms such as "vagina" and "urinate" without actually explaining what they mean, and, curiously, the text does not discuss breasts at all, though there are side-by-side illustrations of a boy and girl in the baby, preschool, and adult stages. An author's note advises parents on the finer points of discussing these delicate issues. Though Laurie Krasny Brown's What's the Big Secret?: Talking about Sex with Girls and Boys (Little, Brown, 1997) remains the gold standard for sex ed for young children, this book is a friendly supplement or a nice starter for parents who aren't quite ready to go into the detail provided in Brown's book.–Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia
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About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0142410586
• ISBN 13: 9780142410585
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Cravath Lynne Avril