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Most every Thursday we send a brief "Pass-Along" that makes sense for most anyone working at a middle school.

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Puberty: Boys...


The “What’s Happening to My Body?” Book for Boys

by Lynda Madaras (2007, Newmarket Press, 12.95)
     [Check/Credit Card Price...Less 21% = 10.23]

Laced with great anecdotes, this book will hold your attention. It covers the body’s changing size and shape, growth spurts, reproductive organs, perspiration, pimples, voice changes, beard growth, puberty in girls, and much more. Black & white drawings. Grades 4-7. [5” x 8”...233 pages]


AMA Boy's Guide to Becoming a Teen

by Kate Pfeifer & Amy Middleman (2006, Jossey-Bass, 12.95)
     [Check/Credit Card Price...Less 21% = 10.23]

Filled with invaluable advice to get boys ready for the changes they will experience during puberty. It explains puberty and what kinds of physical and emotional changes boys can expect—from body changes to feelings about girls. It highlights the importance of eating the right foods, taking care of your body, pimples, and much, much more. Illustrated Grades 4-7. [7.5" x 9”...128 pages]


Puberty Boy

by Geoff Price (2006, Allen & Unwin, 15.95)
     [Check/Credit Card Price...Less 21% = 12.60]

An invaluable source of information for growing boys, parents, and caregivers, this beautifully packaged guide offers pre-teen boys an appealing and fresh take on entering adolescence. Straightforward, conversational advice presents young boys with answers to the questions they may be too embarrassed to ask. Grades 4-7. [8.5" x 8.5”...122 pages]


What’s Going on Down There?
: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask

by Karen Gravelle (1998, Walker, 8.95)
     [Check/Credit Card Price...Less 21% = 7.07]

Puberty throws some pretty confusing curves at boys. This book offers boys the straight scoop on what these changes are all about. It gives useful information and practical advice on relevant issues, such as growth spurts, pimples, body hair, girls, their bodies, and understanding their emerging sexuality. Color. Grades 5-9. [5.5” x 7”...150 pages]


My Body, My Self for Boys
: The "What's Happening to My Body?" Workbook

byLynda & Area Madaras (2000, Newmarket Press, 12.95)
     [Check/Credit Card Price...Less 21% = 10.23]

Laced with great anecdotes, this Packed with drawings, cartoons, games, checklists, quizzes, and innovative exercises, this book encourages boys to address head-on their concerns with special sections on the body, body image, height, weight, reproductive organs, sexuality, emotional problems of puberty, and more. Ideal for 8-15-year-olds, with quizzes, charts, drawings, and cartoons. The companion workbook to The What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys. [7” x 9”...84 pages]


From Boys to Men
: All About Adolescence and You

by Michael Gurian (1999, Price Stern Sloan, 5.99)
     [Check/Credit Card Price...Less 21% = 4.73]

When it comes to puberty, boys don’t ask their friends (who are as clueless as they are) and they usually won’t ask their parents. A reassuring, no-holds-barred book that examines and explains the biological, physical, and emotional changes that make puberty so bewildering—and so exciting. Grades 5-8. [5” x 7.5”...86 pages]


Growing and Changing
: A Handbook for Preteens

by Kathy McCoy, et al. (2003, Perigee, 14.95)
     [Check/Credit Card Price...Less 21% = 11.81]

This new edition of the popular guide provides authoritative answers to kids' most frequently asked questions. Grades 5-8. [6” x 9"...256 pages]

 


"What's Happening to Me?"
: The Answers to Some of the World's Most Embarrassing Questions

by Peter Mayle (2000, L. Stuart, 9.95)
     [Check/Credit Card Price...Less 21% = 7.86]

In the past 30 years, more than one million children and young adults have grown up with this classic guide to puberty, which offers parents a frank yet fun way to discuss this often embarrassing subject with their kids. Grades 2-6. [9.5” x 9.5”...188 pages]


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