Read Celebrate Your Body and Its Changes Too! The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls Sonya Renee Taylor Bianca I Laureano 9781641521666 Books

Product details Age Range 8 - 12 years Grade Level 3 - 7 Paperback 174 pages Publisher Rockridge Press (May 29, 2018) Language English ISBN-10 9781641521666 ISBN-13 978-1641521666 ASIN 164152166X

Celebrate Your Body and Its Changes Too! The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls Sonya Renee Taylor Bianca I Laureano 9781641521666 Books Reviews

• I've researched dozens dozens of books for my 10y.o niece, and 'Celebrate Your Body' is EXACTLY what I was looking for!
  
  Everything in Sonya Renee Taylor's approach is positive and encouraging. She acknowledges many colors and body types and provides just the right amount of detail for a tween/pre-teen reader.
  
  *Every other book I researched in this genre had an inordinate focus on appearance traditional notions of beauty.* Something I wanted to avoid.
  They also, without exception, addressed interest in "boys" - excluding anyone who might not be interested in boys reinforcing the confusion they may be feeling about not being "normal." To be clear, the book doesn't encourage or even go into detail on this topic, it simply refers to developing feelings for "someone" using generic pronouns. This is just one example of Sonya Renee Taylor's subtle approach to inclusiveness cultural sensitivity.
  
  If you're looking for an encouraging, straightforward, medically accurate, inclusive guide for your 9-12y.o, This. Is. Your. Book.
  
  Adult readers If you haven't already checked out the author's other book, "The Body Is Not An Apology," I highly recommend doing so. Sonya Renee Taylor is a gift to Humanity ♡
• I was going to purchase a different but well - known book about puberty for my daughter, but read quite a number of negative reviews about how that book gave their daughters insecurities about their bodies... which is what I was trying to avoid by purchasing such a book! Celebrate Your Body is the complete opposite! It's informative in a helpful, kind, and realistic way. I highly recommend this book for any parent/guardian of a pre-teen girl.
• When I first set out to find a book for my daughter to learn about puberty and body stuff, I figured it would be pretty simple. I had seen that American Girl book in stores over the years and figured I would probably just get that. Then I read some excerpts and reviews and I was aghast. Then I realized that that wasn't the only one! My biggest issues with most of these books are about the focus on eating disorders and trying to be skinny, even if the point is ultimately to reassure girls that they don't need to do that. Um...my 11-year-old is very comfortable in her body and it has never occurred to her that she has to be (or remain) thin or anything else. I've worked hard to protect her from society's stupid messages about these expectations. Why would I hand her a book to stoke insecurities that don't even exist? Other books also approach relationships and safe sex conversations, which I also find astounding. It's fine if people are ready to have those conversations with their kids, but my daughter doesn't need that content yet, so I don't really want to hand it to her in a book about her changing body.
  
  Enter Sonya Renee Taylor. I love her for this book, which I just read in its entirety as a preview. She talks about bodies as powerful and amazing (instead of beautiful). She emphasizes that everything that happens during puberty is just right for each girl's body. She goes into just the right amount of detail and steers clear of sex, relationships, and eating disorders. It's the perfect balance and it's so empowering. I hope my daughter internalizes every message in this book, from loving her body at every stage to making her own choices about whether or not to shave or wear a bra. This book is what every pre-pubescent, pubescent, and maybe even post-pubescent female needs.
• My daughter started the puberty train ( as Sonya describes it) when she was about 5. I noticed her leg hairs were getting darker and at the time, I didn't think much about it. And then around 6 it was confirmed by her doctor. She is now 7 and has started growing hair.. now there was no more pushing the talk. After tremendous research and reading countless reviews, I finally settled for this book and I couldn't be more happy with my decision.
  
  First and I think most importantly, the book has such a positive outlook on a girls body and the changes they will experience.
  
  Second and what I also feel is important, the author often mentions that this changes can come earlier for some girls while later for other girls. I love that she mentions that girls can start as early as 5 or 6. As a mother of a child starting puberty at a young age, it is very important for my child to hear it's very normal from an outside source.
  
  I also like that this book didn't cover sexual intercourse and topics related to intercourse because my child is still too young for that talk and I don't have to worry about her stumbling across that in the book. The book was written simply enough that it was easy to understand and felt like you were having a conversation. Younger readers will be able easily follow along. So that goes without saying that this book just just an introduction to their body's and will need another book to cover the other half of the puberty train.
• This is the book I wish I had a tween. I bought it for my daughter and read through it ahead of time. Its appropriate, very body positive, encouraging, and filled to the brim with great messages and information about puberty. Its inclusive about body types, skin colors, and hair types. Its non judgmental and doesn't tell a girl what she ought to be doing with her body, and it approaches some topics like shaving in a way that lets the child know that the choice is theirs to make and whatever they choose is a valid way to take care of their body. The overall lesson is consistently self acceptance and personal empowerment. I would LOVE to see an equivalent book for my sons!