What's the Big Secret?: Talking about Sex with Girls and Boys

by Laurie Krasny Brown, Marc Brown (Illustrator)

Overview

Simple, straightforward, and age-appropriate answers to kids' most common questions about sex, the human body, reproduction, and development.

Are boys and girls different on the inside? How do you tell girls and boys apart? Do girls and boys have the same feelings? Is sex a dirty word? Where do babies come from? What does being pregnant mean? How do you get a belly button? Tell me about when I was a baby...

With characteristic sensitivity and humor, the talented team who created Dinosaurs Divorce and When Dinosaurs Die presents helpful basic information, including answers to tough questions for preschoolers, early elementary students, and their teachers and caregivers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316101837
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	04/01/2000
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.84(w) x 8.12(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Laurie Krasny Brown is a fine artist as well as an author, parent, and educator with a master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University and a doctorate in human development from Harvard University. She has written many books for children, including the popular Dino Tales: Life Guides for Families series, which has sold over 1.5 million copies to date.

Table of Contents

	How Do Boys and Girls Differ?	4
	Names
	Clothes
	Hair
	Playing
	Feelings
	Bodies: A Little Anatomy Lesson
	Using the Toilet
	More About Girls' and Boys' Bodies	13
	Talking
	Looking
	Touching
	Being Touched
	Why Boys and Girls Differ A Little Lesson in Reproduction	20
	Starting a Baby
	Growing a Baby
	Awaiting a Baby
	Having a Birth Day! (or Belly Button Day!)	28
	What Now?	30