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Any Body : A comic compendium of important facts and feelings about our bodies - Katharina von der Gathen

Any Body

A comic compendium of important facts and feelings about our bodies

By: Katharina von der Gathen, Anke Kuhl (Illustrator)

Paperback | 2 May 2023

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An honest, humorous and factual book for children and early teens who want to understand and feel at home with their own bodies.

Sometimes we feel uncomfortable in our own skin, sometimes invincible. Expert Katharina von der Gathen's many years of experience working with children as a sex educator are the basis for this witty encyclopedia covering interesting facts about skin, hair and body functions alongside the questions that may affect us through puberty and beyond--gender identity, beauty, consent, self-confidence, how other people react and relate to us, and how they make us feel.

With accessible and warm text, Any Body gently acknowledges common feelings of ambivalence about our bodies. Through showing body diversity and positivity, it encourages acceptance of self and others. The illustrations are relatably funny and include charts, cartoons and more--even a handy page of visual compliments.

This compendium is an encouraging starting point for conversations with children navigating puberty and laying the foundations for body acceptance in a straightforward and highly entertaining way.

Translated from the German edition by Shelley Tanaka.

Katharina von der Gathen works in the area of sex education with children and adolescents from a wide range of backgrounds. She lives in Germany.

Anke Kuhl is one of Germany's leading children's book illustrators, whose awards include the German Youth Literature Award in 2011.

  • Bodies from the outside
  • Body difficulties
  • Bodies from the inside
  • Poster pages
  • Changing bodies (and minds)
  • How we change our bodies
  • Other people and your body

Praise for Any Body
"A whimsical, enlightening, and empowering volume to set readers on the path toward self-acceptance and body positivity."--starred, Kirkus Reviews

"This factual guide in an eye-catching package will appeal to curious browsers."--Booklist

"A wonderfully browsable - and amusing - book to help a kid understand their body and their feelings about it as they go through puberty."--Youth Services Book Review

A California Reading Association Eureka Nonfiction Children's Book Award, Silver Honor

Industry Reviews

"A whimsical, enlightening, and empowering volume to set readers on the path toward self-acceptance and body positivity."

-- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"A wonderfully browsable - and amusing! - book to help a kid understand their body and their feelings about it as they go through puberty."

-- Youth Services Book Review, USA

"This factual guide in an eye-catching package will appeal to curious browsers."

-- Booklist, US

"both a comic and comical. The pictures do a very important job in enticing even the most reluctant reader to this subject."

-- Little Unity, New Zealand

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