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You know, sex : bodies, gender, puberty, and other things! / by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY: Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square Books for Young Readers, 2022Description: 432 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781644210802
  • 1644210800
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
What is sex? -- Bodies -- Gender -- Puberty -- Feelings -- Consent -- Talking -- Relationships -- Reproduction -- Touching -- Safety.
Summary: "In a bright graphic format featuring four dynamic middle schoolers, You Know, Sex grounds sex education in social justice, covering not only the big three of puberty--hormones, reproduction, and development--but also power, pleasure, and how to be a decent human being. Centering young people's experiences of pressures and joy, risk and reward, and confusion and discovery, there are chapters on body autonomy, disclosure, stigma, harassment, pornography, trauma, masturbation, consent, boundaries and safety in our media-saturated world, puberty and reproduction that includes trans, non-binary, and intersex bodies and experience, and more. Racially and ethnically diverse, inclusive of cross-disability experience, this is a book for every kind of young person and every kind of family. You Know, Sex is the first thoroughly modern sex ed book for every body navigating puberty and adolescence, essential for kids, everyone who knows a kid, and anyone who has ever been a kid"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Graphic Novel New 372.372 S587 Available 33111011257934
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A completely new approach to learning about puberty, sex, and gender for children 10+.

Includes index.

"In a bright graphic format featuring four dynamic middle schoolers, You Know, Sex grounds sex education in social justice, covering not only the big three of puberty--hormones, reproduction, and development--but also power, pleasure, and how to be a decent human being. Centering young people's experiences of pressures and joy, risk and reward, and confusion and discovery, there are chapters on body autonomy, disclosure, stigma, harassment, pornography, trauma, masturbation, consent, boundaries and safety in our media-saturated world, puberty and reproduction that includes trans, non-binary, and intersex bodies and experience, and more. Racially and ethnically diverse, inclusive of cross-disability experience, this is a book for every kind of young person and every kind of family. You Know, Sex is the first thoroughly modern sex ed book for every body navigating puberty and adolescence, essential for kids, everyone who knows a kid, and anyone who has ever been a kid"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 10-14 Seven Stories Press.

Grades 6-9 Seven Stories Press.

What is sex? -- Bodies -- Gender -- Puberty -- Feelings -- Consent -- Talking -- Relationships -- Reproduction -- Touching -- Safety.

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