Girl Stuff: A Survival Guide to Growing Up

by Elissa Haden Guest and Margaret Blackstone

Book Overview

Girls approaching puberty have lots of questions: How can they get rid of zits? Why do they sometimes feel cranky and scared? Are they normal? With a relaxed conversational style, this comprehensive and compassionate guide will help answer those questions and many more--even those that are too scary or embarrassing to ask.

Loaded with information that will help tween girls understand and cope with the physical and psychological changes that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152056793
• ISBN13: 9780152056797
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

PLEASE READ THIS REVIEW IF ITS THE ONLY ONE YOU READ !!! From a Very Satisfied [...]!

I just found this book at a thrift store, and started reading it after i bought it, I cant believe anyone would give this book a bad review, I dont think nine is to young AT ALL, when I was 9 all my friends were talking about all this stuff and I knew nothing about it, I felt secluded and not a part of my class at all, anything I did know is what i had heard my friends talk about but I never got to see the whole picture or find out what the missing peices to the puzzle was, until now,my whole life my parents have always kept these things from me and and never exlplained anything, still today I have not ever heard them say any of the words in this book to me or explain any thing in to me even though I knew bits and peices, I was to embarrassed to ask my friends because i had always played along, I didnt want to feel like an outsider because they thought I knew, and I was to embarrassed to ask my parents!! I love this book and will give it to my little sister when shes old enough!! These are some of the things I have never known the definition of until I read this book: Puberty, period, circumsision (even though are bible teacher talks about it,never told us what it was), tampon (how to use it, how old Ihave to be to use one,Ihave always been afraid to ask,) Ihave always wondered how you can put one in and still pee or can you still pee, now I know!! I am so glad I got this book , I think that parents should give this book to there children as soon as possible so they dont have to go through embarrassment, holding back from asking, and feeling left out, and never finding those missing peices to the puzzle that they have been trying to put together, its there body, they have to experience all these things, they look at these things on there body, and dont know what they are, or what they do, like I have done all these years!! They need this book to find out, if you think some of the pages in the back are to horrible then just copy or scan in some of the book and print of the pages at least so they can know these things , dont RIP OUT PAGES, thats just dumb, they can never be put back like they came out, they will have to be taped and if they pass it down the book will be torn up and ugly and any kid thats gets it in that condition might not even read it!! If your kids are doing things with boys unapropriete and you dont know it and they havent read this because you are keeping it from them because you think it is to disturbing and so called unhelpful, they might not know that they could get a deadly disease, or something they might need to know that might affect them when they grow up and TRY or CANT have your grandchildren because there was something in here that could have helped them, like I saidbefore if you dont want them to have the shole book or some sectiond scan it in, print it off,m copy it, buy the ebook , so you can print it off, or if your brave enough and they dont feel embarrassed read it to them, but give them the info on stds and

Not Just for Tweens, Mom's too

After reading the descriptions and reviews for this book I purchased it for my 10 year old niece. Of course, I read it from cover to cover to see if it was appropriate for her, every girl is different. Anyhow, I found the book really cool and informative. I enjoyed the way that the author helps encourage the girls about changes. I don't know how much she will believe, you know, being someone going through that vs. someone that is looking back on my youth. It is also uncertain that she will be getting it this year, but she will be benefiting from it before she has her hands on it. I found it an excellent resource to help mommies get used to the idea of talking to their baby about the birds and the bees. (Speaking of which, it was pretty graphic - not that that is a bad thing.) It helps outline things that need to be addressed, and it can help you think of when and how to talk about these things. My sister hasn't seen the book yet, but I plan on giving it to her first. I am sure after her anxiety attack from having to realize her baby is growing up, she will appreciate the book as much as I have.

refreshingly honest, straighforward and comforting

Did any of you readers who gave this book negative reviews actually READ the book? Because if you did, you would see that this book has a comforting consise, informative tone and does not, in my opinion, "encourage anal sex or homosexuality"(!!!) If you think pre-teens are not already discussing these issues (perhaps with much misinformation and fear) or hearing about them from the media then you are sadly out of touch with kids. Any book that encourages questions and frank, straightforward discussion of sex between a parent and child is a positive thing. Yes, read the book first and yes, be prepared for questions. And finally, yes, I am a parent!

A Pracitcal, Entertaining Book

This book is much better than others written for pre-teens because it doesn't just state facts, it explains them. It is written with some humor and a down to earth touch. I would reccomend it for 9 to 12 year olds, as it explains the early parts of puberty.

Great for any teen...

This book is really great to read if you're a pre-teen/teen that has some embarassing questions about "girl stuff". This is a must for any girl who wants to know it all!