An honest and funny book for children aged 8 and up who really want to know about bodies, sex and emotions - and aren't afraid to ask. How much sex education do children need? As much as they ask for, says leading sex educationist Katharina von der Gathen in this book about navigating puberty. And exactly what do children want to know? Ask them! What is so important about the body? Why do bodies grow hair? Why do people kiss? Is it embarrassing to have sex? Why do breasts hang down? What does it feel like to be in love? Can a grandmother have children? What is a hormone? Can a child fart when it's inside a mother's body? What is sexy? Expert Katharina von der Gathen collects 99 questions asked anonymously by children in the classroom about the human body, love and sexuality - the questions are real and the answers are both inclusive, respectful and direct. Funny images help give children the information they really want to know in a form they can relate to without feeling embarrassed, making this a perfect sex education book for children and teenagers, parents and teachers. "Children should be familiar with their bodies from an early age. They need words for the various parts of a body, they should learn to name their feelings, to stand up for themselves, to feel strong in their bodies and to keep boundaries without feeling bad." --Katharina von der Gathen Designed to be read with spine on top, this age-appropriate book is a handy resource for every family and school classroom discussing puberty, consent and sexuality from ages 8 and up. "Funny and frank, this will be an important resource for many kids." --Kirkus Reviews Katharina von der Gathen works in the area of sex education with children and adolescents from a wide range of backgrounds. She lives in Germany. Anke Kuhl is one of Germany's leading children's book illustrators, whose awards include the German Youth Literature Award in 2011. Praise for Tell Me: "(Tell Me) employs appropriate vocabulary that's respectful of the capabilities of their audience and calmly inclusive of variations in human and cultural experience....Funny and frank, this will be an important resource for many kids." --Kirkus Reviews "This is a great book of questions and answers that will spur discussion and help start or continue essential conversations about growing up." --San Francisco Book Review "One of the best books on the topics of bodies, sex, and emotions that I've encountered."--School Library Journal

Tell Me: What Children Really Want to Know about Bodies, Sex, and Emotions

Children's Books

von der Gathen, Katharina

Science, Nature & How It Works

Gecko Press ™

About the Author\nKatharina von der Gathen has a long career working in sex education with children and adolescents from a wide range of backgrounds. Her books are based directly on questions children ask in her classes.\nAnke Kuhl is one of Germany's leading children's book illustrators, whose awards include the German Youth Literature Award in 2011. She lives in Frankfurt with her husband and two children.\nBest Middle-Grade Nature Books of 2021, Kirkus 
The birds and the bees, literally. A fully illustrated compendium of fascinating and astonishing facts about animal reproduction for the whole family.\nBats give birth upside down. Swifts can mate while plummeting through the air. Scorpions attract their partners with a romantic dance. Male humpback whales sing together for days to bring females from many miles away. Dolphin babies come out tail first.\nFrom sex education expert Katharina von der Gathen, Do Animals Fall in Love? is a compendium of all the weird and wonderful ways the animal kingdom reproduces – courting rituals both elaborate and devious, extraordinary physiology, cleverly planned pregnancies, the most devoted fathers and the sweetest animal babies on Earth.\nWith frank and honest illustrations – some full frontal – there’s something to amaze on every page, making this an excellent resource for parents and teachers to explain puberty and sex education through the more neutral animal kingdom, to children age 6 and up.\nComic illustrations bring humor and contrast to the factual and frank text, exploring all the most fascinating and astonishing facts about animal reproduction, from seduction methods and anatomy to family life and animal babies, in a compendium for the whole family. 
Structured from seduction and mating through family life and ending with a page of delightful animal babies, this is a topic that will guarantee to interest children and reads like a David Attenborough documentary on the page. Designed to be read alone or together with the family, this striking hardback compendium holds all the answers to questions children ask.\n“Irresistible in tone and content.”―starred, Kirkus 
Best Middle-Grade Nature Books of 2021, Kirkus 
Best Children’s Books 2022, Bank Street 
Shortlisted for the leading German children’s book prize and other awards.\nKatharina von der Gathen works in the area of sex education with children and adolescents from a wide range of backgrounds. Katharina is also the author of Tell Me.\nAnke Kuhl, born in 1970, is one of Germany’s leading children’s book illustrators, whose awards include the German Youth Literature Award in 2011.\nPraise for Do Animals Fall In Love? 
“What she [von der Gathen] does do is to demonstrate the wonder of species reproduction as well as her respect for her audience with frankness and good humor. They will find it irresistible in tone and content.”―starred, Kirkus\n“I found myself wanting to turn to those around me and ask, ‘Did you know…?’”―Children’s Book Council of Australia

Do Animals Fall in Love?

Animals

Any Body: A Comic Compendium of Important Facts and Feelings about Our Bodies

An honest, humorous and factual book for children and early teens who want to understand and feel at home with their own bodies. Sometimes we feel uncomfortable in our own skin, sometimes invincible. Expert Katharina von der Gathen's many years of experience working with children as a sex educator are the basis for this witty encyclopedia covering interesting facts about skin, hair and body functions alongside the questions that may affect us through puberty and beyond--gender identity, beauty, consent, self-confidence, how other people react and relate to us, and how they make us feel. With accessible and warm text, Any Body gently acknowledges common feelings of ambivalence about our bodies. Through showing body diversity and positivity, it encourages acceptance of self and others. The illustrations are relatably funny and include charts, cartoons and more--even a handy page of visual compliments. This compendium is an encouraging starting point for conversations with children navigating puberty and laying the foundations for body acceptance in a straightforward and highly entertaining way. Translated from the German edition by Shelley Tanaka. Katharina von der Gathen works in the area of sex education with children and adolescents from a wide range of backgrounds. She lives in Germany. Anke Kuhl is one of Germany's leading children's book illustrators, whose awards include the German Youth Literature Award in 2011. Praise for Any Body "A whimsical, enlightening, and empowering volume to set readers on the path toward self-acceptance and body positivity."--starred, Kirkus Reviews "This factual guide in an eye-catching package will appeal to curious browsers."--Booklist "A wonderfully browsable - and amusing! - book to help a kid understand their body and their feelings about it as they go through puberty."--Youth Services Book Review Praise for Tell Me "(Tell Me) employs appropriate vocabulary that's respectful of the capabilities of their audience and calmly inclusive of variations in human and cultural experience....Funny and frank, this will be an important resource for many kids."--Kirkus Reviews "This is a great book of questions and answers that will spur discussion and help start or continue essential conversations about growing up."-- San Francisco Book Review "One of the best books on the topics of bodies, sex, and emotions that I've encountered."--School Library Journal

Comics & Graphic Novels

Para que los jóvenes actúen de manera responsable con su cuerpo y en temas relacionados con la sexualidad y el amor es importante que dispongan de la información que necesitan ya en edades tempranas. ¿Pero qué es lo que debe saber un niño o niña de primaria? Tanto como ellos mismos quieran, dicen los expertos. ¿Y qué quieren saber los niños y niñas? Eso es lo que se puede ver por las preguntas que realizan y que se recogen en Cuéntamelo todo. ¿Puede tener hijos una abuela? ¿Se tienen hijos cada vez que se tiene sexo? ¿Cuántos espermatozoides produce un hombre? ¿Pueden ser los animales gais? ¿Se puede tener sexo debajo del agua? ¿Por qué puedes perder a tu bebé? La imaginación y las ganas de saber no tienen límites. Estas son algunas de las preguntas que encontraréis en este libro tan voluminoso como informativo y divertido. La experimentada pedadoga sexual Katharina von der Gathen sacó de un buzón anónimo las notas manuscritas con las preguntas realizadas por algunos alumnos y alumnas de tercero y cuarto de primaria que asistieron a sus charlas sobre el cuerpo, el amor y la sexualidad. En nuestro libro se recogen las más destacadas, y se les da respuesta con toda la franqueza y el cuidado necesarios y, sobre todo, siendo respetuosos con lo que los niños y niñas quieren realmente saber. Anke Kuhl, con sus ilustraciones estilo tira cómica, interpreta estas preguntas con mucho humor, inteligencia y sensibilidad.

Cuéntamelo todo: 101 preguntas realizadas por niños y niñas sobre un tema

TAKATUKA

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Teen & Young Adult

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