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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Two of Robie H. Harris’ and Michael Emberley’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning children’s books on sexuality have anniversaries this year. January marked the 10th anniversary of IT’S SO AMAZING! A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families, while this Fall is the 15th anniversary of IT’S PERFECTLY NORMAL, Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health, which has been published in a new edition featuring a new section on internet safety.
Both books are part of a Family Library that also includes IT’S NOT THE STORK! A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families, and Friends, which was featured in The New York Times. All are illustrated by Michael Emberley and published by Candlewick Press.
These landmark books employ lively, comfortable language and sensitive, engaging artwork to address readers in a reassuring way about complex topics. The approach is mindful of young people’s healthy desire for straightforward information, and Harris and Emberley consulted with the most preeminent practitioners and researchers in the fields of child development, education, pediatrics, and psychology to ensure that the books were age-appropriate and scientifically accurate. All three Family Library books provide perfect starting points for family conversations, and are available in Spanish and in many other languages around the world.
The updated edition of It’s So Amazing!, for kids ages 7 and up, is the book to reach for when it’s time for “The Talk.” How does a baby begin? What makes a baby male or female? How is a baby born? Children have plenty of questions about reproduction and babies – and about sex and sexuality, too. It’s So Amazing! provides the answers.
It’s Perfectly Normal has been heralded as the definitive book on sex and sexual health for pre-teens and teens, and it provides accurate, unbiased answers to nearly every important question on the topic, from conception and puberty to birth control and AIDS. The book offers kids the information they need to make responsible decisions and to stay healthy, and is used as a trusted resource in twenty-seven countries. The 15th anniversary edition includes updated information on topics such as the HPV vaccine and birth control and a completely new chapter on Internet use and safety.
Since the publication of It’s So Amazing!, It’s Perfectly Normal, and It’s NOT the Stork!, the media has turned to Robie Harris www.robieharris.com as a source. The author of more than twenty children’s books, a former teacher, and head of the After-school Program at Bank Street College of Education, Harris understands healthy child development and believes it is in the best interest of children to have straightforward, honest, and accurate information about healthy sexuality. She has been interviewed by, among others, Newsweek, The New York Times, USA Today, NPR, and Parents magazine.
Harris and Emberley’s Family Library books have received such honors as The New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Boston Globe Horn Book Honor, ALA Notable, Parent’s Guide to Children’s Media Award, Publisher’s Weekly Best Books of the Year, Booklist Editors’ Choice, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, and many more.
Books in the Family Library have been endorsed by the world’s most trusted child development experts, including T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., Penelope Leach, Ph.D., Perri Klass, M.D., and Justin Richardson, M.D. The books provide a resource that parents, teachers, librarians, health care professionals, and clergy can turn to and use with ease and confidence.
It’s So Amazing! 10th anniversary edition
Written by Robie H. Harris, illustrated by Michael Emberley
Candlewick Press
Ages 7 and up
List Price: $22.99 Hardcover • 12.99 Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-7636-0051-8 (hc) • 978-007636-1321-1 (pb)
It’s Perfectly Normal 15th anniversary edition
Written by Robie H. Harris, illustrated by Michael Emberley
Candlewick Press
Ages 10 and up
List Price: $ 22.99 Hardcover • $12.99 Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-7636-4483-3 (hc) • 978-0-7636-4484-0 (pb)
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