What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: Revised Edition
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- Update Date：2025-09-13
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- Author：Lynda Madaras
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Summary
Everything preteen and teen girls need to know about their changing bodies and feelings Written by an experienced educator and her daughter in a reassuring and down-to-earth style， The "What's Happening to My Body？" Book for Girls gives sensitive straight talk on: the body's changing size and shape; the growth spurt; breast development; the reproductive organs; the menstrual cycle; body hair; diet and exercise; romantic and sexual feelings; and puberty in the opposite sex。 It also includes information on anorexia and bulimia， sexually transmitted diseases， AIDS， and birth control。
Featuring detailed illustrations and real-life stories throughout， plus an introduction for parents and a helpful resource section， this bestselling growing-up guide is an essential puberty education and health book for all girls ages 10 and up。
Selected as a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association。
Featuring detailed illustrations and real-life stories throughout， plus an introduction for parents and a helpful resource section， this bestselling growing-up guide is an essential puberty education and health book for all girls ages 10 and up。
Selected as a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association。
Reviews
Molly
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Wow， I remember we had this in my house as a child 😂
Felicity Norton
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Soma good info on this book and great advice the only thing that let it down was some of the pics in there we not age appropriate
Vanessa Mike
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Gives the best information with detail and illustrations for understanding。 I decided to read chapters in advance and my child would read the chapter。 If further clarity was needed we would discuss further。 Decided to read separately to give privacy on the topic and for her own space。 We did an overview each week。
Radiolab
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Radiolab asked listeners for their sex ed recommendations。 Sarah， a Radiolab listener， says， "I'm not sure why my mom didn't feel up to giving me The Talk。 Maybe she thought I would just do better with written information than verbal？ No matter what， this book had everything。 Written information， diagrams， slang， easily read and understood information that wasn't dumbed down。I ended up handing it to my sister a few years later; I told her she could ask me any questions she needed， but I trusted Radiolab asked listeners for their sex ed recommendations。 Sarah， a Radiolab listener， says， "I'm not sure why my mom didn't feel up to giving me The Talk。 Maybe she thought I would just do better with written information than verbal？ No matter what， this book had everything。 Written information， diagrams， slang， easily read and understood information that wasn't dumbed down。I ended up handing it to my sister a few years later; I told her she could ask me any questions she needed， but I trusted the book to lead her right。" 。。。more
Kat
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Perfect book to start conversation with my kids。 I bought the one for boys for my son and the girls for my daughter。 I read them both first。 Then took a Saturday and had them each read their own。 Then I had them switch books and read the others。 After that we sat together and talked about what we'd read。 It was fantastic。 Perfect book to start conversation with my kids。 I bought the one for boys for my son and the girls for my daughter。 I read them both first。 Then took a Saturday and had them each read their own。 Then I had them switch books and read the others。 After that we sat together and talked about what we'd read。 It was fantastic。 。。。more
Trejon Dunkley
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Finally I've figured out what's happening to me！ Finally I've figured out what's happening to me！ 。。。more
Liliana
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Its a really good book for girls who need to know more about puberty。 I recommend it to girls 9 and up。 Or depending on maturity level。。。11 and up。
Kim
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Since I learned stuff from this book as an adult， I think it would've served me well as a teen。 It was pretty heteronormative though。 Since I learned stuff from this book as an adult， I think it would've served me well as a teen。 It was pretty heteronormative though。 。。。more
Maria
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My daughter's pediatrician recommended this book。 I thought it was well-written and useful for girls who have already started developing and experiencing signs of puberty。 "What's Happening to My Body？" covers topics such as male and female physical development， puberty， growth spurts， menstruation， romantic and sexual feelings。 It lists the stages of development， and relates the various changes and in what order they normally occur， and also describes the wide ranges in what is normal。The autho My daughter's pediatrician recommended this book。 I thought it was well-written and useful for girls who have already started developing and experiencing signs of puberty。 "What's Happening to My Body？" covers topics such as male and female physical development， puberty， growth spurts， menstruation， romantic and sexual feelings。 It lists the stages of development， and relates the various changes and in what order they normally occur， and also describes the wide ranges in what is normal。The author is clear that some people have different beliefs about certain aspects of sexuality， but presents the information in a straight-forward manner。 Parents can provide the context of their own morals to their children as they discuss the topics together。New words are presented with phonetic pronunciation， except in one case。 "。。。some women do have pain around the time of ovulation。 This pain is called Mittelschmerz。 （Don't even bother trying to pronounce this German word！）" Why not？ When presenting girls with information that should make them more confident and more comfortable in their bodies， please don't write off their minds！ Honestly， that was really my only issue with the book。 。。。more
Maura
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Kids are getting the information from disreputable sources， so in light of that， I'd rather they get it from a decent， if graphic and straightforward text source。 At least this information is correct。 This is good and appropriately geared toward middle school students - but parents know their kids best， should preview this before handing it to kids and if only part of the book works for their purposes， then there's no rules saying they have to use the whole thing。 I for one think it's a good ide Kids are getting the information from disreputable sources， so in light of that， I'd rather they get it from a decent， if graphic and straightforward text source。 At least this information is correct。 This is good and appropriately geared toward middle school students - but parents know their kids best， should preview this before handing it to kids and if only part of the book works for their purposes， then there's no rules saying they have to use the whole thing。 I for one think it's a good idea to have honest， straightforward and judgement free texts out there for adolescents to use。。。instead of shady internet sources。 。。。more
Dee Montoya
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Great book for us mothers with young girls about to start with all the body changes。 its a great guide， very informative， it helps you understand how to approach the topic with our daughters in an accurate and comfortable matter。 I recommend it！
Catherine
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Great for pre-teen/teens to read。 Explains a lot。
Girl Underground
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Easy and incredibly helpful read for my 10-year-old stepdaughter， who's got a foot firmly in puberty， and me。 It makes the subject of puberty approachable， safe to talk about， interesting， and above all， normal。 Easy and incredibly helpful read for my 10-year-old stepdaughter， who's got a foot firmly in puberty， and me。 It makes the subject of puberty approachable， safe to talk about， interesting， and above all， normal。 。。。more
Jodi
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I am preparing to have the "talk" with my nine year old daughter and I am trying to find an age-appropriate book to tell her just what she needs to know at this age about the changes that will be happening over the next several years in her body！ What a challenge！ This book is way too wordy for her - it's a 250 page chapter book。 Plus it has a little too much information （and pictures） beyond what I think she needs to know at this age。 I read it to get some idea of what she may be questioning an I am preparing to have the "talk" with my nine year old daughter and I am trying to find an age-appropriate book to tell her just what she needs to know at this age about the changes that will be happening over the next several years in her body！ What a challenge！ This book is way too wordy for her - it's a 250 page chapter book。 Plus it has a little too much information （and pictures） beyond what I think she needs to know at this age。 I read it to get some idea of what she may be questioning and wanting to know at this age but the search continues for the right book。 。。。more
Kellie
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The girls in my daughter's class were given this book as part of their human development lessons。 （The boys were given the boys' version）。 It is very thorough and informative without being overly clinical。 It serves as a great jumping-off point for a parent to discuss body changes and sexuality if you don't know where to begin （or end）。 The resource section at the back of the book will be very helpful if my daughter has more questions or interests， and I anticipate that she'll use the book for y The girls in my daughter's class were given this book as part of their human development lessons。 （The boys were given the boys' version）。 It is very thorough and informative without being overly clinical。 It serves as a great jumping-off point for a parent to discuss body changes and sexuality if you don't know where to begin （or end）。 The resource section at the back of the book will be very helpful if my daughter has more questions or interests， and I anticipate that she'll use the book for years to come。 。。。more
Mistie
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This is another one for the most banned books。 It makes me angry that this book would be banned。 I understand that it deals with issues that many people find alarming--sex， puberty， etc。 But it deals with it in a scientific and straightforward way。 If you don't want your kid to find out about her body from a book like this， maybe you should talk to her; but you shouldn't take away a wonderful resource for other parents and young adults who might have questions。 I know this book is too advanced f This is another one for the most banned books。 It makes me angry that this book would be banned。 I understand that it deals with issues that many people find alarming--sex， puberty， etc。 But it deals with it in a scientific and straightforward way。 If you don't want your kid to find out about her body from a book like this， maybe you should talk to her; but you shouldn't take away a wonderful resource for other parents and young adults who might have questions。 I know this book is too advanced for my two-year-old， but I'm glad I have it。 I think it's a great resource。 。。。more
Heather
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Horrible！ Why did she forcce me！？
Jill
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This gives a pretty thorough overview （200+ pages）， complete with full step-by-step diagrams of what girl can expect during puberty。 It includes a chapter on male puberty as well as brief highlights on STDs， menopause， homosexuality， eating disorders， Female Athletic Syndrome， TSS， etc。 There is a resource index in the back as well。 Overall， I thought it was very well done。 I did not care for the feebly diplomatic attempts to expound on controversial issues。 It had the pretense of respect for di This gives a pretty thorough overview （200+ pages）， complete with full step-by-step diagrams of what girl can expect during puberty。 It includes a chapter on male puberty as well as brief highlights on STDs， menopause， homosexuality， eating disorders， Female Athletic Syndrome， TSS， etc。 There is a resource index in the back as well。 Overall， I thought it was very well done。 I did not care for the feebly diplomatic attempts to expound on controversial issues。 It had the pretense of respect for differing opinions， but it was very clearly implied that they thought religious reasons for disagreeing with their points of view were at best， a bit silly。 I didn’t much care for that。 I did like that the tone is definitely set for a young girl audience。 I just felt like the author（s） overstepped a few boundaries that I would certainly have left in the parental realm。 。。。more
Amrika
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The entire guidebook for girls。 ！Everything you need to know。At first i did not like the book but then I learned things that i did not know before。
Katurah
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Very good book。 I would recommend it to anyone who is a girl， and is a preteen。 :）
Branden
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This is the book I learned from。 It tells you all the real terms and even lets you know what you are going to wind up hearing about your body。 I will probably use it for my oldest daughter but not so sure if it will go over with all of them。 I am curious as to what the one for boys is like。
Kristen
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I checked this out from the library when I was looking for a book to give my almost-8 yr。-old。 I found the content a little bit too detailed in areas I didn't feel she was ready for yet （birth control， for instance - yikes！！ I'm not ready for that！） And it had some anatomical illustrations of boys and girls that I thought could wait a bit longer。 So I got the American Girls Body Book instead。 This one would be more appropriate for later puberty， I think。 It's also a great resource for both moms I checked this out from the library when I was looking for a book to give my almost-8 yr。-old。 I found the content a little bit too detailed in areas I didn't feel she was ready for yet （birth control， for instance - yikes！！ I'm not ready for that！） And it had some anatomical illustrations of boys and girls that I thought could wait a bit longer。 So I got the American Girls Body Book instead。 This one would be more appropriate for later puberty， I think。 It's also a great resource for both moms and dads to read as a refresher on all the great and terrible things that lie ahead！Side note: There is also the boy version of this book that I look forward to reading in a few years when my sons get that age。 。。。more
HeavyReader
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I really like this book， but I have an old edition which makes some strange assertions about "hermaphrodites。" I'd say get a newer volume and make sure it doesn't say any weird stuff。 I really like this book， but I have an old edition which makes some strange assertions about "hermaphrodites。" I'd say get a newer volume and make sure it doesn't say any weird stuff。 。。。more
ms。 parker
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