Girl Stuff: A Survival Guide to Growing Up - Softcover

Blackstone, Margaret; Guest, Elissa Haden

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0152026444 ISBN 13: 9780152026448

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000

Synopsis

This in-depth question-and-answer book offers an informative, fact-filled guide about the physical and psychological changes girls face as they become adolescents.

About this title

Review:

"The accessible format, attractive design, and chatty narrative make this a worthy addition to the girls' development canon."--School Library Journal

"Conversational, nonjudgmental, accurate, practical, and broad in scope, this title gives girls an idea of what they can expect, physically and emotionally, as they become young women."--Booklist

About the Author:

MARGARET BLACKSTONE writes books about science as well as picture books. She lives in New York City.

ELISSA HADEN GUEST is the author of the Iris and Walter easy reader series. She lives in San Francisco, California.

BARBARA POLLAK has illustrated several children's books, including her own Our Community Garden. She lives in San Francisco, California.

While working on Girl Stuff, the authors consulted a gynecologist, two psychologists, a sex educator, a dermatologist, and a pediatric nurse.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0152026444
• ISBN 13: 9780152026448
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 170
• Illustrator: Pollak Barbara