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Book Review Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!) The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls (Celebrate You, 1), for Gi...

by Sonya Renee Taylor

Book Details

Publisher:Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published:2018-05-29
Pages:201
Format:paperback
Language:en
ISBN:164152166X

Reading Info

Age Range:7-10

About This Book

A body-positive guide to help girls ages 8 to 12 navigate the changes of puberty and grow into women Puberty can be a difficult time for a young girlβ€”and it's natural not to know who (or what) to ask. Celebrate Your Body is a reassuring puberty book for girls that encourages them to face puberty and their body's changes with excitement and empowerment. From period care to mysterious hair in new places, this age-appropriate sex education book has the answers young girls are looking forβ€”in a way t

Our Review

This body-positive guide offers girls ages 8 to 12 a compassionate and empowering roadmap through puberty, tackling everything from period care to body hair with age-appropriate sex education. The book reframes this developmental stage not as a series of anxieties, but as a natural process to be met with excitement and self-assurance, providing clear answers to the questions young girls are often hesitant to voice. It directly addresses the physical and emotional changes of adolescence with a tone that is both informative and deeply reassuring, making complex topics accessible.

What sets this resource apart is its foundational message of empowerment, encouraging readers to view their changing bodies with curiosity and respect rather than confusion or shame. It is an ideal primer for any girl beginning to notice the first signs of growth or for those already in the thick of physical transitions, offering a vital counter-narrative to societal pressures. By providing this affirming framework, the book helps build a foundation of body confidence and self-acceptance that will support young women long after puberty is complete.

Themes

Juvenile Nonfiction

Subjects

Juvenile Nonfiction