Hair in Funny Places

by Babette Cole

Book Overview

Girls and boys are always curious and sometimes even alarmed by the behaviour of their bodies as they grow up. Puberty being a particularly unsettling time, Babette Cole has made this the subject of the fifth title in her bestselling series of 'family dilemmas'. Who else but Babette would have the temerity to tackle this subject in a picture book and the genius to carry it off In Hair in Funny Places her artwork is without exaggeration some of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099266261
• ISBN13: 9780099266266
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Random House Children's Publishers UK
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 9.7" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 4 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 7

Customer Reviews

Babette Cole is great

I love Cole's books and how much fun they are for children and adults. The ones about puberty and sex are even better when the adults read them to the children. They address a lot of areas that might be of concern in a humorous, nonthreatening way. The idea that a book could dissuade children from asking questions of their parents is moronic. If their relationship is sound, the book will cause more questions which is good. I especially enjoy how upset and hysterical her books make some of the more repressed and uptight readers!

Terrific book

A children's librarian recommended this book for my 7 yr old foster daughter (who was curious about all those subjects we wish they'd wait a few more years to ask about). My foster daughter loved this book. She chose it for her bedtime story for months, we had to keep renewing it until finally the dire day came when someone else put a hold on it and we had to return it to the library. I generally avoid actually buying books, preferring to check them out for free from the library, but this is one that is worth having our own copy of.

A great read

Babette Cole is a great writer for kids and goes straight for the topics they need to know and which their parents freak out over. The reviews before this sound like a bunch of uptight Fundamentalists who better stay cloistered lest they read something really randy. The book is perfectly appropriate, a fun read, non threatening and far as the person who said it raises more questions than it answers, well isn't that the point of learning?What a bunch of losers.

Silly Prudery

Heaven forbid, this book has actually got naked bodies in it! *How terrible...*. But wait, don't we all have a body like that? And isn't it a responsible thing to do to prepare your children for what is going to happen to their body? This is a great book! We need to be open with our children - or we'll end up with a teenage pregnancy on our hands. Here is a fun, non-threatening way to introduce the subject of puberty to your children. Read it with them, and YOU are in control of how you talk about it, and just how much you want to tell them. Honestly, the easiest way to deal with it is just to tell them what the 'sticky stuff' is when they ask. Done and over with, they won't ask again, or try to find out from *really* inappropriate sources! ... or else, find out when it's too late! This book is one great way of bringing up the subject of puberty.