When Boys and Girls Become Men and Women: Everything You Need to Know about Growing Up

Description

A Comprehensive, Fully Illustrated Guide to Our Changing Bodies Kids ask a lot of questions (and that's an understatement). Sometimes the answers are easy for parents to come up with . . . and sometimes they're a little more complicated. That's what this book is for! When Boys and Girls Become Men and Women should accompany children (and their parents) on the long road to adulthood and allows both groups to explore this new territory together, step by step. Everyone looks different, and everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, interests and passions, but our bodies go through similar processes, no matter how similar or different we may look or act. When Boys and Girls Become Men and Women is perfect for those who are curious about their own bodies, as well as their peers', and for grade-schoolers and preteens who want to know more about everything from puberty to pregnancy. Chapters include: What Girls Want to Know About Boys What Boys Want to Know About Girls Girls and Boys Grow Up Good Personal Hygiene Love, and What It Entails What Happens During Sexual Intercourse We Want Love, not Babies Even Healthy People Go to the Doctor Pregnancy: From a Cell to a Whole Person A Baby Enters the World Joerg Muller and Dagmar Geisler's When Boys and Girls Become Men and Women is the perfect introduction to sexual education for elementary school students, as well as young adults.

Joerg Muller is the pseudonym of an German author who has dealt extensively with the topic of education in addition to his work as a business journalist. He resides in Germany. Dagmar Geisler is a German author and illustrator. She studied graphic design at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden and worked for several publishing houses and broadcasting companies. Today, Dagmar focuses mainly on children's books, both as an illustrator and an author. She illustrated My Body Belongs to Me from My Head to My Toes which received the Silver Feather (Silberne Feder) Children's Book Prize from the German Medical Women's Association, and My Feelings and Me. She lives with her family in Munich, Germany.