Everything a Girl Needs to Know About Her Periods - Softcover

Jane Feinmann; Ronnie Sellers Productions

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569065551 ISBN 13: 9781569065556

Publisher: Sellers Pub Inc, 2003

Synopsis

Everything A Girl Needs To Know About Her Periods is an informative and interactive book to guide a girl through the changes that accompany her menstrual cycle. The book's contemporary look and down to earth writing style offers an accessible way to provide accurate, easy-to-grasp information about puberty and the menstrual cycle.

Organized into three sections; Body Basics, Monthly Cycle Overview and Common Concerns, the book addresses everything from "Why do I have a period?" and "How do I use a tampon?" to "What if my periods aren't regular?" and "What is an internal exam?".

The cover includes a discreet calendar to record menstrual dates, as well as a wheel that gives a day-by-day explanation of the cycle.

Everything A Girl Needs To Know About Her Periods is a book that parents and advisors will feel comfortable giving to young women to help them understand their periods, reduce their anxiety, and feel more in control of their lives.

About this title

About the Author

Jane Feinman is a freelance writer specializing in health issues. Author of more than 2,000 health-related articles, Feinman writes regularly for a number of national and medical titles including The Observer and The Lancet, as well as women's magazines and health web sites. Ms. Feinman has also been features editor of General Practitioner's Newspaper and was health editor of Family Circle Magazine and Best Magazine. Jane Feinman lives and works in London.

From Booklist

Gr. 5-9. This small, square book offers a breezy overview of menstruation. A few cursory introductory spreads review body changes girls can expect during puberty. The majority of the book, though, focuses on the menstrual cycle, offering a description, day by day, of what many young women experience over a month's time. It's disappointing that a book designed to inform and reassure girls features only stylized illustrations of supermodel-glamorous young women with idealized Barbie physiques. The diagrams that accompany the text are also weak, and the book's interactive cover, with a movable wheel of period facts and a foldout calendar, isn't ideal for library circulation. But Feinmann encourages readers to become familiar with their bodies not only during their periods but also throughout the month, and she includes some interesting, rarely encountered facts: gums and mouth tissues may be more sensitive just before menstruation, for example. Younger girls with similar questions on the topic will want Lynda Madaras' excellent Ready, Set, Grow! [BKL O 1 03]. Gillian Engberg
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Edition details

• Publisher: Sellers Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1569065551
• ISBN 13: 9781569065556
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 143