Harris, R. H., & Emberley, M. (2014). It's perfectly normal: Changing bodies, growing up, sex, and
sexual health. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.
In It's Perfectly Normal, we are shown how bodies change through puberty and also includes information about birth and sexual health. The book is divided into six categories: What Is Sex?, Our Bodies, Puberty, Families and Babies, Decisions, and Staying Healthy. Throughout each section, Harris and Emberley describe how both males and females cope with their changing bodies, and also give facts about the process of our bodies changing. Such facts include scientific names and their meanings, Latin roots that came to be known words, and medical information. In addition to these explanations, the book includes visuals to accompany the facts as well as an index at the end.
The intended audience are children starting at the age of 8-10 and anyone older as well. This book would be a good accompanying text in Health and Science classes as they do discuss the changes in human bodies. Teachers and educators would find this valuable because the information is given in kid-friendly language while still remaining respectful to different ideas and world views. I loved how they also included sensitive topics such as abortion and sexual abuse in order to allow students to know that there is help whenever needed.
I rated this book a 4 out of 5 stars!
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