It's perfectly normal : a book about changing bodies, growing up, sex, and sexual health / Robie H. Harris ; illustrated by Michael Emberley.
Harris, Robie H.; Emberley, Michael, illustrator.
1994
HQ53 .H37 1994 (Mapit)
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Title
It's perfectly normal : a book about changing bodies, growing up, sex, and sexual health / Robie H. Harris ; illustrated by Michael Emberley.
Author
Harris, Robie H.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
1564021998
9781564021991
1564021599 (pbk.)
9781564021595 (pbk.)
0763626104
9780763626105
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass : Candlewick Press, ©1994.
Language
English
Description
89 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Call Number
HQ53 .H37 1994
Dewey Decimal Classification
613.9/07
Summary
Provides accurate, lucid, and unbiased answers to almost every conceivable question on sex, including birth control and AIDS, that children may ask. Two cartoon characters, a bird and a bee have, often humorous, questions of their own.
Biology.
Note
Includes index.
Awards
Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, 1995.
Added Author
Emberley, Michael, illustrator.
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It's perfectly normal.
It's perfectly normal.
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Introduction. Lots of questions
Changing bodies, growing up, sex, and sexual health
pt. 1. What is sex?
1. Girl or boy, female or male : sex and gender
2. Making babies : sexual reproduction
3. Strong feelings : sexual desire
4. Making love : sexual intercourse
5. Straight and gay : heterosexuality and homosexuality
pt. 2. Our bodies
6. The human body : all kinds of bodies
7. Outside and inside : the female sex organs
8. Outside and inside : the male sex organs
9. Words : talking about bodies and sex
pt. 3. Puberty
10. Changes and messages : puberty and hormones
11. The travels of the egg : female puberty
12. The travels of the sperm : male puberty
13. Not all at once! : growing and changing bodies
14. More changes! : taking care of your body
15. Back and forth, up and down : new and changing feelings
16. Perfectly normal : masturbation
pt. 4. Families and babies
17. All sorts of families : taking care of babies and kids
18. Instructions from mom and dad : the cell : genes and chromosomes
19. A kind of sharing : cuddling, kissing, touching, and sexual intercourse
20. Before birth : pregnancy
21. What a trip! : birth
22. Other arrivals : more ways to have a baby and family
pt. 5. Decisions
23. Planning ahead : postponement, abstinence, and birth control
24. Laws and rulings : abortion
pt. 6. Staying healthy
25. Talk about it : sexual abuse
26. Checkup : sexually transmitted diseases
27. Scientists working day and night : HIV and AIDS
28. Staying healthy : responsible choices.

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