By Sonya Renee Taylor
A warm, body-positive puberty guide for girls that treats every change as normal and good.
A newer puberty guide written straight to girls in a friendly, no-shame voice. It covers the physical side, breasts and bras, periods, body hair, skin, and gives equal room to feelings, friendships, moods, and how to feel at home in a changing body rather than anxious about it. The tone is upbeat and reassuring, from an author known for body-positive work, so a girl comes away feeling that what's happening to her is normal and fine.
For the girl who is more anxious than curious about growing up, this is the puberty guide that leads with reassurance. It's the more recent, more body-positive companion to the older American Girl book, and it spends as much time on moods and self-worth as on periods and bras. It keeps to puberty and the body and does not get into sex or reproduction, so it prepares a girl for the changes without opening the wider conversation.