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It's Perfectly Normal: A Book About Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health

This fifteenth-anniversary edition of Robie Harris and Michael Emberley’s highly acclaimed book about sexual development and sexual health has been updated to incorporate recent scientific and medical information available on topics such as birth control, abortion, and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. Information about the HPV vaccine has also been added. What has stayed the same is the winning tone and format, including the cartoon bird and bee characters whose sidebar questions and comments enliven the direct explanations and accompany illustrations concerning human sexuality and sexual health that comprise the main narrative. The information is organized into six sections: What Is Sex?; Our Bodies; Puberty; Families and Babies; Decisions; and Staying Healthy. © Cooperative Children's Book Center

Illustrated by Michael Emberley

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9-12
Age Range: Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10) Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13)
Format: Substantial Narrative Non-Fiction
Subject: Sex Education
Diversity subject: Multicultural General LGBTQ Non-Fiction

Publisher: Candlewick
Publish Year: 2009
Pages: 93
ISBN: 9780763644833

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 613 Harris