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From: Kathleen T.Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:54:18 -0600
Debbie, thanks so much for bringing up It's Perfectly Normal. It was such a ground-breaking book at the time it was published, especially for its fresh approach. I love that Michael Emberley shows so many different body types in his illustrations, and both he and Robie Harris show different kinds of "normal" throughout the book. And the humor! The little bird and bee cartoons throughout function almost like a Greek chorus as they bring up real fears and misunderstandings kids can have about sex.
It's matter-of-fact, refreshing approach to sex and sexuality is similar to the attitude we see underlying a lot of the recent YA fiction when it comes to sex.
--KT
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 1:18 PM, Debbie Reese <dreese.nambe_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Though it isn't fiction, one book that always makes me smile (because I like it so much) is IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL (written by Robie Harris, illustrated by Michael Emberley). When I taught that book at U Illinois, students lingered over it, many of them blushing, and most (not all) singing its praises.
>
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Received on Tue 04 Mar 2014 02:54:51 PM CST
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:54:18 -0600
Debbie, thanks so much for bringing up It's Perfectly Normal. It was such a ground-breaking book at the time it was published, especially for its fresh approach. I love that Michael Emberley shows so many different body types in his illustrations, and both he and Robie Harris show different kinds of "normal" throughout the book. And the humor! The little bird and bee cartoons throughout function almost like a Greek chorus as they bring up real fears and misunderstandings kids can have about sex.
It's matter-of-fact, refreshing approach to sex and sexuality is similar to the attitude we see underlying a lot of the recent YA fiction when it comes to sex.
--KT
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 1:18 PM, Debbie Reese <dreese.nambe_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Though it isn't fiction, one book that always makes me smile (because I like it so much) is IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL (written by Robie Harris, illustrated by Michael Emberley). When I taught that book at U Illinois, students lingered over it, many of them blushing, and most (not all) singing its praises.
>
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