My Body, My Self for Boys: Revised Edition

by Lynda Madaras, Area Madaras

Overview

The Madaras growing-up guides are acknowledged by parents, educators, librarians, and doctors for their unique, nonthreatening style, excellent organization, and thorough coverage of both the physical and emotional issues surrounding puberty and adolescence. And kids love them too! As one fan wrote, "Dear Lynda, I can't believe that you, a mom, knew all this stuff!"

My Body, My Self for Boys is filled with activities, checklists, illustrations, and plenty of room for journal jottings, plus lots of personal stories in which boys share their concerns and experiences about growing up.

For ages 10 and up.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557048837
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/18/2009
Series:	What's Happening to My Body? Series
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Lynda Madaras is the author of 12 books on health, child care, and parenting. For more than 25 years, she taught puberty and health education in California schools, and she has appeared on Oprah, CNN, PBS, and the Today Show.

Lynda Madaras es la autora de doce libros sobre la salud, el cuidado de ninos y la crianza de los hijos. Durante mas de veinticinco anos ha ensenado sobre la pubertad y la salud en escuelas de California, y ha sido invitada de Oprah, CNN, PBS y el Today Show.

Area Madaras was just 11 years old when she assisted her mother on their first book. Now a communications consultant and mother of two, she lives in California and continues to assist her mother with the series.

Area Madaras solo tenia once anos cuando colaboro por primera vez con su madre en un libro. Ahora es asesora de comunicaciones y madre de dos ninas, vive en California y continua trabajando con su madre en la serie.

Editorial Reviews

"Lynda Madaras takes seriously the questions asked over the years in her sex education class and gives accurate, detailed answers." --"School Library Journal"

"These gender-specific titles take a modern and easygoing approach to puberty...explains everything in a readable and reassuring style." --VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates

"Clear and understandable information....These gender-specific titles take a modern and easygoing approach to puberty. Madaras explains everything in a readable and reassuring style. The line drawings are effective and not embarrassing. The level of detail in the books is remarkable."

"Lynda Madaras takes seriously the questions asked over the years in her sex education class and gives accurate, detailed answers....The conversational tone and the frequent acknowledgment that many of the topics might be too embarrassing for teens to talk about will put readers at ease."

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