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From: Crystal Brunelle <brucr_at_onalaskaschools.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:19:48 -0600
I think the topic is novels, but just in case, another non-fiction work that I really appreciate for YAs is Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers by Nancy Amanda Redd. It is again matter-of-fact and very helpful with teens who are wondering if their body & experiences are "normal." I would have loved having that book as a teen and I think like Perfectly Normal, it echoes that open attitude seen in many YA books recently.
Crystal Brunelle Teacher Librarian Northern Hills Elementary 511 Spruce St. Onalaska, WI 54650
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On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Kathleen T.Horning < horning_at_education.wisc.edu> wrote:
> 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
>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:19:48 -0600
I think the topic is novels, but just in case, another non-fiction work that I really appreciate for YAs is Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers by Nancy Amanda Redd. It is again matter-of-fact and very helpful with teens who are wondering if their body & experiences are "normal." I would have loved having that book as a teen and I think like Perfectly Normal, it echoes that open attitude seen in many YA books recently.
Crystal Brunelle Teacher Librarian Northern Hills Elementary 511 Spruce St. Onalaska, WI 54650
Tweet _at_librarygrl2
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Kathleen T.Horning < horning_at_education.wisc.edu> wrote:
> 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
>
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