Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!)

Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!)

Author: Sonya Renee Taylor

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2018-05-29

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1641520280

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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 girl—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 for—in a way that they can relate to. Covering everything from bras to braces, this body-positive puberty book for girls offers friendly guidance and support for when it's needed most. In addition to tips on managing intense feelings, making friends, and more, this book provides advice on what to eat and how to exercise so your body is healthy, happy, and ready for the changes ahead. PUBERTY EXPLAINED: Explanations on what happens, when it happens, and why the body (and mind) is amazing in every way. SOCIAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT: Help your young girl discover how to use her voice to stand up to peer pressure, stay safe on social media, and keep the right kind of friends. SELF-CARE TIPS: This body book for girls 9-12 helps them discover how to choose the right food, exercise, and sleep schedule to keep their changing bodies at their best. This inclusive puberty book for girls is the ultimate guide to facing puberty with confidence.


Celebrate Your Body 2

Celebrate Your Body 2

Author: Carrie Leff

Publisher: Rockridge Press

Published: 2019-11-19

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781641525756

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Discover your body's awesomeness with the puberty guide for tween and teen girls Puberty is one of the first signs that you're growing up--and that's something to be celebrated. If you're looking for body-positive puberty books for girls but aren't sure where to start--Celebrate Your Body 2 provides the support needed to navigate this whole puberty thing with confidence. From bras and braces to budding romantic feelings, this guide stands out among puberty books for girls as you become an expert on everything from pimples to peer pressure. Of all the puberty books for girls, this one will help you discover how your changing body is beautiful, special, and simply on the way to becoming the number one you. Celebrate Your Body 2 goes beyond other puberty books for girls, including: The shape of you--Explore how and why your body is changing with advice on mysterious hair, period care, and more. Cool and confident--Find calmness during mood swings and increase your self-esteem using creative suggestions and confidence-building tips rarely found in puberty books for girls. Close-knit vs. clique--Learn about choosing the right friends, finding a trusting ear, and the importance of consent. Your body is awesome--now start your journey right with Celebrate Your Body 2, one of the best in puberty books for girls.


Celebrate Your Feelings

Celebrate Your Feelings

Author: Lauren Rivers

Publisher: Callisto Media, Inc.

Published: 2020-07-28

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 164739290X

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A guide to navigating emotional challenges during puberty for girls ages 8 to 12 Growing up means changes, and, during puberty, those changes can feel overwhelming. Celebrate Your Feelings is a puberty book for girls ages 8 to 12 that can help them understand themselves better—and deal with their ever-changing emotions, thoughts, moods, relationships, and more. This practical puberty book for girls is packed with powerful new ways to keep calm and feel good, like simple breathing techniques, practicing mindfulness, exercising, and self-care tips. Find out what it takes to connect with others and become the smart, strong, and confident young person you were meant to be. This empowering puberty book for girls includes: Awesome activities―Explore your feelings through guided exercises, quizzes, and prompts. Inclusive approach―This essential puberty book for girls is for you, no matter what kind of girl you are! Engaging images―Make learning fun with help from colorful illustrations for girls like you. Discover the power of creating a positive mindset in this puberty book for girls so you can tackle anything!


The Period Book

The Period Book

Author: Karen Gravelle

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens

Published: 2017-06-20

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 161963662X

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This bestselling, essential illustrated guidebook for adolescent girls is a trusty friend that can help girls feel confident about this new phase of their lives. What is my period exactly? Do I need to see a doctor? What does it feel like to wear a pad? What if I get my period at school? Karen Gravelle and her fifteen-year-old niece, Jennifer Gravelle, have written a down-to-earth and practical book that answers any questions you might have about your period, from what it is and what it feels like, to how to choose pads and tampons, to how to talk to your parents about it. The Period Book will help guide you through all the physical, emotional, and social changes that come with your period, as well as related issues like dealing with pimples, mood swings, and new expectations from friends and family. Debbie Palen's funny and sympathetic cartoons ease the confusion and exasperation you might feel, and celebrate the new sense of power and maturity that your period can bring.


The Body Is Not an Apology

The Body Is Not an Apology

Author: Sonya Renee Taylor

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2018-02-13

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 1626569770

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The Body Is Not an Apology The Power of Radical Self-Love Against a global backdrop of war, social upheaval, and personal despair, there is a growing sense of urgency to challenge the systems of oppression that dehumanize bodies and strip us of our shared humanity. Rather than feel helpless in the face of oppression, world-renowned activist, performance poet, and author Sonya Renee Taylor teaches us how to turn to the power of radical self-love in her new book, The Body Is Not an Apology. Radical self-love is the guiding framework that transforms the learned self-hatred of our bodies and the prejudices we have about other people's bodies into a vision of compassion, equity, and justice. In a revolutionary departure from the corporate self-help and body-positivity movement, Taylor forges the inextricable bond between radical self-love and social justice. The first step is recognizing that we have all been indoctrinated into a system of body shame that profits off of our self-hatred. When we ask ourselves, "Who benefits from our collective shame?" we can begin to make the distinction between the messages we are receiving about our bodies or other bodies and the truth. This book moves us beyond our all-too-often hidden lives, where we are easily encouraged to forget that we are whole humans having whole human experiences in our bodies alongside others. Radical self-love encourages us to embark on a personal journey of transformation with thoughtful reflection on the origins of our minds and bodies as a source of strength. In doing this, we not only learn to reject negative messages about ourselves but begin to thwart the very power structures that uphold them. Systems of oppression thrive off of our inability to make peace with bodies and difference. Radical self-love not only dismantles shame and self-loathing in us but has the power to dismantle global systems of injustice-because when we make peace with our bodies, only then do we have the capacity to truly make peace with the bodies of others


Body Drama

Body Drama

Author: Nancy Amanda Redd

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-12-27

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1101555009

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"You’d think a Miss America swimsuit winner would feel completely confident about her body, right? Not always! So I decided to write the book I wish I’d had as a teen and in college—an honest, funny, practical, medically accurate, totally reassuring guide to how women’s bodies actually look, smell, feel, behave, and change. Alongside real-deal photographs of women just like you and me (no airbrushing, no supermodels, no kidding) you’ll find medical pictures of things you need to be able to recognize, true confessions by yours truly, and the encouragement you need to appreciate the uniqueness, strength, and beauty of your body. What are you waiting for?"—Nancy Redd From fashion magazines to taboo Web sites, curious young women have access to tons of old wives' tales about and thousands of airbrushed and inaccurate images of the female body—misinformation and harmful portrayals that can lead to low self-esteem, self-destructive acts, or even disturbing plastic surgery procedures. Teaming up with a leading physician specializing in adolescent health issues, Harvard graduate and former Miss Virginia Nancy Redd now offers a down-to-earth, healing, and reassuring response to those damaging myths. In Body Drama, Redd gives girls insight into the issues they're often too ashamed to raise with a doctor or parent. She also reveals her own experiences with the culture of "American beauty," and shows readers all the many versions of "normal." From body hair and bras, to acne and weight issues, along with crucial issues such as the importance of a healthy self image, Body Drama is a groundbreaking book packed with informative fast facts, FYIs, how-tos, and moving personal anecdotes as well as hundreds of un-retouched photographs. A highly visual book, it’s the first of its kind for women: filled with real information and real photographs of real bodies, to celebrate all our different shapes and sizes. Named by Glamour magazine as one of America’s top-ten college women "most likely to succeed—at anything," Redd has spent the most recent years of her life on a mission to tackle the issues least discussed but most significant in young women’s lives. Celebrating the many versions of "normal," and replacing seriously erroneous information with the honest, medically proven truth in a language all girls can understand, Body Drama dares to empower a new generation—with facts instead of fantasies, and the priceless gift of self-knowledge.


Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook

Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook

Author: Sonya Renee Taylor

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2021-03-16

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1523091185

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Based on the New York Times bestseller The Body Is Not an Apology, this is an action guide to help readers practice the art of radical self-love both for themselves and to transform our society. Readers of The Body Is Not an Apology have been clamoring for guidance on how to do the work of radical self-love. After crowdsourcing her community, Sonya Renee Taylor found her readers wanted more concrete ideas on how to apply this work in their everyday lives. Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook is the action guide that gives them tools and structured frameworks they can begin using immediately to deepen their radical self-love journey—such as Taylor's four pillars of practice, which help readers dismantle body shame and give them access to a lifestyle rooted in love. Taylor guides readers to move beyond theory and into doing and being radical self-love change agents in the world. “In this book, you will be asked to draw, color, doodle, talk to friends, take risks, and perhaps step outside of what feels like your natural gifts and talents,” Taylor writes. “I encourage you to release the need to be ‘good' at what you are doing and instead strive to be authentic. Perfection is the enemy of radical self-love because it is an impossible illusion. When the voice of perfectionism chimes in, take a deep breath, remember that the work is about the process, not about the product, and give yourself permission to be fabulously unapologetically imperfect.”


My Body's Changing for Boys

My Body's Changing for Boys

Author: Anita Ganeri

Publisher: Franklin Watts

Published: 2020-03-26

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781445169729

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Growing up is an exciting time, but it can also feel scary. During puberty, your body changes on the outside and on the inside. You might have noticed some of these changes already, or they might not have started happening to you yet. This book explains what happens during puberty, and provides some friendly reassurance and advice.


What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls

What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls

Author: Lynda Madaras

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-08-18

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1557048975

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The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Girls Written by experienced educator and her daughter in a reassuring and down-to-earth style, The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Girls gives sensitive straight talk on: the body's changing size and shape; the growth spurt; breast development; the reproductive organs; the menstrual cycle; body hair; diet and exercise; romantic and sexual feelings; and puberty in the opposite sex. It also includes information on anorexia and bulimia, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, and birth control. Featuring detailed illustrations and real-life stories throughout, plus an introduction for parents and a helpful resource section, this bestselling growing-up is an essential puberty education and health book for all girls ages 10 and up.


Growing Up Great!

Growing Up Great!

Author: Scott Todnem

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2019-07-30

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1641524650

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An inclusive, body-positive guide to puberty for boys ages 8 to 14—just in time for the new school year! Help any young boy progress from childhood to adulthood with a strong, confident appreciation of himself. This puberty book for boys offers essential guidance for helping boys get through the adolescent years happily and healthily—so they can focus on all the good stuff ahead. Cover the basics with a simple explanation of what puberty is and what boys can expect to happen in their bodies and brains during that time. All changes are discussed in terms of overall health and well-being, with a focus on hygiene, managing emotions, and maintaining safety and privacy. This boys' book on puberty includes: Easy definitions—Get a glossary of puberty terms with simple definitions that help boys understand their changing bodies. Coping mechanisms—Boys will learn how to deal with strong emotions by tapping into creativity, exercising, or practicing mindfulness. Topics relevant to teens today—Go beyond other puberty books with practical advice for handling challenges like social media, peer pressure, friendship, and more. Help your young boy confidently navigate adolescence with Growing Up Great.