6. It's Perfectly Normal

Harris, R.  (2009). It’s perfectly normal.  Boston, MA:  Candlewick Press.

Need a way to talk to your children about puberty and sex?  It's Perfectly Normal is the book for you.  It offers children and teens a true picture of their changing bodies and sex.  A cartoon bee and a bird take you through the stages of life, offering accurate illustrations for parts of the human body.  Questions are answered for children in a simplistic, but accurate way regarding sex and sex health.  The books explores puberty, babies, and how to stay sexually healthy.  Some of the illustrations may make you laugh out loud because of their humor, so contain the laughter in front of the children.

This is not a skate over the top of the questions kind of book.  If you want answers, then that's what this gives you, in detail.  The humorous colorful illustrations help keep the tone light for this difficult subject matter.  This is an in depth informational guide to puberty and sex for parents to use to inform their children.  Beware, this book does cover "other types of sex" and homosexuality.  As a parent, you may want to preview the book and decide what you want to share with your child, depending on their age and maturity.  This book is recommended for children 10 and older, due to the nature of the content.

Have younger children?  Check out It's So Amazing!