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You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things
by Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth
This book offers a lot of context about sexuality as well as some information that is incredibly diverse. I can see very conservative school districts putting this on the banned book list. However, I think it's a good way to explain a spectrum of orientations and gender identities. It also is inclusive about ability / disability. I really like the discussions about consent. When I was growing up, there was ZERO information about consent. The information was mainly about bodily functions and nothing about the social-emotional contexts about sexuality or about bodies.
It's formatted as a graphic novel with drawings in panels with quote bubbles for the people in the panels. The book does talk about culture, race, and ethnicity, but the drawings depict people as orange, blue, purple, green, etc., so it sidesteps having the reader try to pinpoint ethnicity / race, which I think can be a good way to shift more attention to the content. (Again, the content does talk about culture, race, ethnicity, etc.)
It's a little long, but I can see it as a reference book where tweens and teens read a little bit here and there. Here us the TOC info:
The front matter includes an Letter to the Reader and an Introduction. Here are the chapter titles.
1. What Is Sex?
2. Bodies
3. Gender
4. Puberty
5. Feelings
6. Consent
7. Talking
8. Relationships
9. Reproduction
10. Touching
11. Safety
The back matter includes The Last Class, Glossary, Index, Resources, and Acknowledgements.
Oh, I am not sure who would read this. The maturity level of the child themselves would be important. I would have given this to my children when they were about 14.
It's formatted as a graphic novel with drawings in panels with quote bubbles for the people in the panels. The book does talk about culture, race, and ethnicity, but the drawings depict people as orange, blue, purple, green, etc., so it sidesteps having the reader try to pinpoint ethnicity / race, which I think can be a good way to shift more attention to the content. (Again, the content does talk about culture, race, ethnicity, etc.)
It's a little long, but I can see it as a reference book where tweens and teens read a little bit here and there. Here us the TOC info:
The front matter includes an Letter to the Reader and an Introduction. Here are the chapter titles.
1. What Is Sex?
2. Bodies
3. Gender
4. Puberty
5. Feelings
6. Consent
7. Talking
8. Relationships
9. Reproduction
10. Touching
11. Safety
The back matter includes The Last Class, Glossary, Index, Resources, and Acknowledgements.
Oh, I am not sure who would read this. The maturity level of the child themselves would be important. I would have given this to my children when they were about 14.