Puberty Girl
Grade 4-8–While the basic information presented here is sound, the book is marred by a reliance on an overly cute presentation that frequently slops over into silliness–That whole area between your legs is known as the vulva….Please don't confuse this with Volvo which is something your parents might drive you to school in…. The Australian slang will be unfamiliar to readers in the United States (such as surfboards for sanitary pads and minties for tampons). Overall, the book is visually appealing, featuring splashy graphics and bold color photos of girls, but the ethnic representation is almost exclusively Caucasian. The question-and-answer format is readable and practical, and the sidebars based on interviews are interesting and personable. Lynda Madaras'sThe What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls(Newmarket, 2000) is a solid resource about puberty, written in a more sensitive manner, and presenting its information in a more straightforward, less distracting way.–Joyce Adams Burner, Hillcrest Library, Prairie Village, KSCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.