You know, sex : bodies, gender, puberty, and other things! / by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth.
"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 adolesence, essential for kids, everyone who knows a kid, and anyone who has ever been a kid"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781644210802
- ISBN: 1644210800
- Physical Description: 432 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square Books for Young Readers, 2022.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | What is sex? -- Bodies -- Gender -- Puberty -- Feelings -- Consent -- Talking -- Relationships -- Reproduction -- Touching -- Safety. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 10-14 Seven Stories Press. Grades 7-9 Seven Stories Press. |
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Genre: | Comics (Graphic works) Educational comics. Juvenile works. Educational comics. Bandes dessinées éducatives. Bandes dessinées autres que de fiction. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | YA 372.37 SIL (Text) | 000166349 | Teen Corner -- Nonfiction | Available | - |
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 adolesence, essential for kids, everyone who knows a kid, and anyone who has ever been a kid"--