On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow!
A "what's Happening to My Body?" Book for Younger Boys
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 15, 2008
Recognizing a need for puberty education books for younger children, award-winning author Lynda Madaras published Ready, Set, Grow!: A "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Younger Girls in 2003 to widespread acclaim.
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- Who it’s for
- Younger boys seeking clear answers about puberty and body changes
- Themes
- Puberty and body changes, Feelings about puberty, Bullying
- Genres
- Growing Up, Books for Boys, Sex & Pregnancy (Teens)
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Recognizing a need for puberty education books for younger children, award-winning author Lynda Madaras published Ready, Set, Grow!: A "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Younger Girls in 2003 to widespread acclaim. Now, in her uniquely straightforward, warm, and funny style, Madaras introduces On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow!: A "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Younger Boys.
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Responding to real-life questions and concerns from younger boys about their changing bodies, Madaras covers a wide range of topics at a reading and understanding level that's just right for them: the growth of sex organs, body hair, and facial hair; weight and height spurts; the unwelcome appearance of acne and body odor; shaving; circumcision; erections and ejaculation; feelings about puberty; and bullying.
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| Sex & Pregnancy (Teens) | 38% |
|---|---|
| Books for Boys | 27% |
| Growing Up | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Teenage Years
- Family Learning
- Friendship
- Babies & Toddlers
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- Motherhood
- Raising School-Age Kids
- Raising Teenagers
- Health & Wellness
- Authors
- Lynda Madaras, Paul Gilligan
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- February 15, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Puberty and body changes · Feelings about puberty · Bullying
- Reading lane
- The Teenage Years