It's Perfectly Normal: A Book About Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health

Harris, R., & Emberley, M. (1994). It's perfectly normal: A book about changing bodies, growing up, sex, and sexual health. Cambridge, Mass: Candlewick Press. This non-fiction book covers a range of topics from puberty, sexual health, abortion, birth control, internet safety, etc. Geared toward adolescents and their parents this book discusses the questions that teens are often embarrassed to ask or parents are too embarrassed to answer. Throughout the book teens are able to see non-threatening pictures of all shapes and sizes to illustrate that it is normal to look different and it is important for everyone to accept their bodies. The book also illustrates the changes that will take place as teens grow from adolescents to adults. This book also features a confident bird and a nervous bee to add comic relief to sensitive topics, but always using facts. This book is for students 10 years of age and older. Students who enjoyed this book should also read It’s So Amazing!: A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families.