Publication: The What's Happening To My Body Book For Girls: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters

• Madaras, Lynda

To help girls realize that they are not alone in their
concerns as they go through their transformation to
womanhood, they need information, and this is the best book
to give and share with them. This bestselling classic,
written by an experienced educator with her daughter in a
reassuring and down-to-earth style, has sold over 400,000
copies and been translated into 12 languages. The
introduction is for the parent, the book for the young
girl. Readers will be comforted with honest, sensitive,
non-judgmental straight talk on the body's changing size
and shape, breasts, the reproductive organs, the menstrual
cycle, body hair, puberty in boys, and much more. This
expanded Third Edition addresses questions raised in the
thousands of letters sent by kids to the authors over the
years. Material new in this edition includes advice on
"female athletic syndrome," on how to handle "unwanted
attention" because of early development; information on
body types, eating right, exercising, anorexia and bulimia;
expanded sections on when a girl will begin puberty, more
detail about the stages of development, and crucial
information on AIDS, STDs, and birth control appropriate
for this age. Filled with illustrations, anecdotes, and
stories of real-life experiences, The What's Happening to
My Body? Book for Girls is a comprehensive puberty
education and health book for all young girls from ages 8
to 15.