Girls Only! All About Periods and Growing-Up Stuff

Description

Girls Only! focuses on the practicalities of periods, the social and personal implications of starting your period, and the physical and emotional developments in puberty. It tells you what happens and when, what you need to know and how to prepare. It answers all the questions girls are dying to ask, but daren't, in a clear, friendly way, using real-life examples. It's the perfect first book about periods for girls of primary school age as it provides information at the right level. The tone is positive and reassuring and complemented by quirky illustrations throughout.

Vic Parker read English at Oxford and worked in children's publishing for six years before becoming a freelance author and editor. She has written books for children and teenagers, and is published by Chysalis and Franklin Watts amongst others. Vic knows about young people as she teaches dance and fitness classes in her spare time.

'It's the perfect first book about periods for girls of primary school age as it provides information at the right level.' -- Family Interest Parenting, March-April 2004