Saturday, March 21, 2015

It's Perfectly Normal

Harris, R. (2009). It's Perfectly Normal. Boston, MA: Candlewick Press.

This book is a thorough and great resource. It has a typical table of contents and index and illustrations rather than photographs. It delves into topics of the human body, growth, sex, and reproduction. The illustrations and info graphics keep the book light hearted, while still be factual and informative. There are a bird and bees which interject information through out in a comic like style. The book is straight forward with it's content. It talks about different types of family dynamics and addresses the stresses and difficulties that come with sexual activity and having children.

I appreciated the straight forward nature of this book and the light hearted illustrations. I read a forward from the author talking about the need for a book like this and the various experts that were consulted during it's creation. It's an uncomfortable topic and, but a necessary one to be addressed and discussed to avoid ignorance in our society.

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