What age is its perfectly normal for?

What age is its perfectly normal for?

For ages 4-8 A Book about Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families, and Friends answers those endless and perfectly normal questions that preschool, kindergarten, and early-elementary-school children ask about how they began, as well as what’s the same about girls’ and boys’ bodies and what’s different.

Who is Robie H Harris?

Harris is an American author, specializing in books for children. She was born in Buffalo, New York. Harris wrote several children’s books about childbirth and human sexuality, including It’s Perfectly Normal and It’s so Amazing, two of the American Library Association’s most-challenged books of the 21st century.

Why is it’s perfectly normal a banned book?

In 2013, the top banned book in America was the kid’s story Captain Underpants. It was most frequently challenged for potty language and toilet humor. That’s how a sex education book for children, titled It’s Perfectly Normal, became one of the most banned books of the past two decades.

Is the book it’s perfectly normal being taught in school?

It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health is a children’s book written by Robie Harris and illustrated by Michael Emberley….It’s Perfectly Normal.

Author Robie Harris
Publisher Candlewick Press
Publication date 1994, 2004, 2009, 2014
Pages 89
ISBN 978-1-56402-159-5

Is perfectly normal?

It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health is a children’s book written by Robie Harris and illustrated by Michael Emberley….It’s Perfectly Normal.

Author Robie Harris
Subject Human sexuality
Publisher Candlewick Press
Publication date 1994, 2004, 2009, 2014
Pages 89

What is the book its perfectly normal about?

That’s how a sex education book for children, titled It’s Perfectly Normal, became one of the most banned books of the past two decades. The book is meant to teach children 10 and older about sexual health, emotional health and relationships, and contains sections on puberty, pregnancy and sexual orientation.

Are Banned Books illegal?

A banned book is not illegal to read, but may be difficult to find. It is not uncommon for a book to be banned from some schools, but be on the reading lists for others.

What is your review of [it’s perfectly normal]?

“It’s Perfectly Normal is informative and interesting; reassuring and responsible; warm and charming. I wish every child (and parent) could have a copy.”. “I recommend [IT’S PERFECTLY NORMAL] to parents and children who are coming into adolescence. They will love it.”.

Is’it’s perfectly normal’a good book for kids?

“It’s Perfectly Normal is informative and interesting; reassuring and responsible; warm and charming. I wish every child (and parent) could have a copy.”. — Penelope Leach, Ph.D., author of YOUR BABY & CHILD. “I recommend [IT’S PERFECTLY NORMAL] to parents and children who are coming into adolescence.

What is the purpose of it’s perfectly normal?

Providing accurate, unbiased answers to nearly every imaginable question, from conception and puberty to birth control and AIDS, It’s Perfectly Normal offers young people the information they need—now more than ever—to make responsible decisions and to stay healthy.

What do parents need to know about it’s perfectly normal?

Parents need to know that the 20th-anniversary edition of It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health is an unflinching and fully illustrated guide to sexual health for girls and boys that presents sexual activity as enjoyable but requiring mature, careful decision-making.