The Boys Body Book: Everything You Need to Know for Growing Up YOU Author: Kelli Dunham | Language: English | ISBN:
1604333529 | Format: PDF
The Boys Body Book: Everything You Need to Know for Growing Up YOU Description
About the Author
Kelli Dunham, RN, BSN is a nurse, a comedian, and an author of three other books: How To Survive and Maybe Even Love Nursing School, How to Survive and Maybe Even Love Your Life As A Nurse, and The Boy’s Body Book. In her spare time she likes to read and skateboard, and she would really, really like to learn to play the banjo. Steve Bjorkman has illustrated more than 70 books for children, including picture books such as Good Night, Little One, easy readers such as Thanksgiving Is…, and series such as Mama Rex and T. Steve is also well known for illustrating greeting cards. More than 100 million of his greeting cards for Recycled Paper Greetings have been sold.
- Age Range: 10 and up
- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Applesauce Press (August 6, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1604333529
- ISBN-13: 978-1604333527
- Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
My son just turned 11. He's a kid-kid, a boy who is still fairly oblivious about any kind of teen issues, but as he's moving on to Middle School and will increasingly be out of mom and dad's parental sphere, it is definitely time to begin talking about the changes he and his body will be going through.
So we purchased this book, and I have to tell you that I DON'T LIKE IT.
The first thing I didn't like was that negativity in the Introduction. It was all about 'being afraid to ask questions', 'not being able to talk to your parents', 'being ignorant', 'being laughed at', and 'feeling awkward'. Now some kids might feel that way and the book may serve them well by taking such an approach. But my kids (13 & 11) still talk to me (and talk and talk and talk) and I don't really appreciate introducing negative notions that they may not have thought of otherwise.
Another thing I disliked was how jumpy the dialog seemed to be. I read the The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls with my daughter and it didn't have the same frenetic approach. In Chapter One, for example, the book discusses, Smell, Baths, Getting Dressed, Lotion, How Deodorant works, washing your hands, what a germ is, Shampooing hair, what conditioner is for, ear care, how loud noise can hurt your hearing, zits, washing your face, shaving, brushing your teeth, going to the dentist, braces, smelly feet, what Athlete's Feet is, Drinking, Smoking, and Drugs, Steroids, sleep, and wetting the bed. A lot for one chapter, and though related in topic, you have to know that each of these subjects were presented in the order I listed them, .AND.
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