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Boy Talk: A Survival Guide To Growing UpStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionHair is sprouting up everywhere, your skin is having an acne attack and suddenly girls aren't so annoying...What's going on? Growing up can be a rollercoaster ride, but it can be a whole lot easier if you know what to expect. With advice from everything from shaving to your social life, you can take it easy - this guide will tell you everything you need to know. The Growing Up series: Full of fun artwork and enlivened with a modern, quirky design, these books offer essential information on the ups and downs of growing up. Written in a direct, yet informal way, these handy guides will be a useful aid for pre-teen readers. Sensitive treatment of difficult but familiar issues. Fun graphic-style artwork. Down-to-earth text with clear, practical advice. The Growing Up series includes: Boy Talk: 9781848356115 Girl Talk: 9781848356108 Author descriptionCAROLINE PLAISTED has written more than 60 books for children. Before becoming a full-time writer, Caroline worked as an editor of children's books and for BBC Books. Caroline has also edited a magazine for teachers of English, as well as a regional magazine about Kent, where she now lives. Table of contentsPuberty: what's it all about?...4 Essential stuff...6 Your bonkers brain...8 Skin deep...10 Hairy bits and pieces...14 Where there's a willy, there's a way!...20 Changing shape...24 Feeling fit...26 You are what you eat...28 Eye-eye, captain!...30 Top-notch gnashers...32 Clean up your act!...34 Feet first...36 Your family and other animals...38 Mates and dates...40 Cool school...42 Networking...44 Glossary ...46 Index...47 Notes for parents and teachers...48 |