The Girl Guide
50 Ways to Learn to Love Your Changing Body
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
For every tween girl wondering about her changing body and changing brain, this funny and highly illustrated guide is the answer. Packed with advice about everything from periods to bras to body hair—PLUS tips on how to deal with crushes, new emotions, and all the chaos in between!
Growing up is fun . . . but it’s tough, too. There are a lot of unknowns and it can be weird and messy for girls. Worry not! This book covers EVERYTHING girls need to know, and it's all been reviewed and fact-checked by medical consultant Dr. Radha Modgil.
Learn how:
To make your body your best friend (not your enemy).
To get out there and do YOU (even when you don’t want to move off the couch).
The thoughts and feelings that make you feel alone are shared by every girl on the planet.
To feel amazing through exercise, nutrition, and skin care.
And so much more!
Great for those who loved The Care and Keeping of You or What's Happening to My Body?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ibrahim, a performer and hula-hoop acrobat, offers a fact-filled and stalwartly body-positive guide to the physical and psychological changes that come along with growing up. She openly discusses topics like breasts, acne, wearing braces, periods, butts, hormones, and heartbreak, drawing intimately from her own experiences. Sharing her moments of mortification, she urges readers to shake off their own embarrassment over body-related issues: "Nowadays I don't know why we women are sometimes embarrassed about talking about our vaginas." Ibrahim shuns dieting, promotes physical activity, and demystifies body-related changes, while reaching out to readers with a reminder that if they are going through it, someone else is too. Photographs of Ibrahim a powerful image shows one side of her face without makeup or filters and the other side Photoshopped are included throughout. Erkas's stylized graphics nicely dovetail with Ibrahim's wise, funny, and abundantly honest narrative. Ages 8 12.
