cover image Ready, Set, Grow!: A What's Happening to My Body? Book for Younger Girls

Ready, Set, Grow!: A What's Happening to My Body? Book for Younger Girls

Lynda Madaras. Newmarket Press, $12 (128pp) ISBN 978-1-55704-565-2

Ready, Set, Grow! A ""What's Happening to My Body?"" Book for Younger Girls by Lynda Madaras, author of the What's Happening to My Body? series. illus. by Linda Davick, introduces the basics of puberty and the physical changes that come with it. Straightforward discussions of breasts, body hair, reproductive organs and menstruation are handled with sensitivity. The author reassures readers that the changes that happen to them during puberty are normal. Real girls' questions and comments appear throughout.