
Tell Me: What Children Really Want to Know about Bodies, Sex, and Emotions
99 Real Children's Questions Answered
By: Katharina von der Gathen, Anke Kuhl (Illustrator)
Hardcover | 21 October 2019
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Everything children really want to know about sexuality and bodies and aren’t afraid to ask. This book collects questions asked by boys and girls and answers them directly: the questions are real, the answers honest and the images funny.
How much sex education do children need? As much as they ask for, say the experts. And exactly what do children want to know? Ask them! This book collects questions asked anonymously by children in classes about the human body, love and sexuality by experienced sex educationist Katharina von der Gathen.
The answers are both direct and warm-hearted, giving children the information they really want to know in a form they can relate to. What is so important about the body? Why do bodies grow hair? Why do people kiss? Is it embarrassing to have sex? Why do breasts hang down? What does it feel like to be in love? Can a grandmother have children? What is a hormone? Can a child fart when it’s inside a mother’s body? What is sexy?
Book Features:
- There are few books on this topic and fewer still that are so warm and accessible even charming!
- Funny illustrations and a funky format.
- Additions for the English edition make this up-to-date and relevant to today’s conversations about sexuality.
Katharina von der Gathen was born in 1972. She works in the area of sex education with children and adolescents from a wide range of backgrounds. She lives in Bonn with her husband and four children.
About the Illustrator
Anke Kuhl, born in 1970, is one of Germany’s leading children’s book illustrators, whose awards include the German Youth Literature Award in 2011. She lives in Frankfurt with her husband and two children.
Industry Reviews
The illustrations are gentle and often humorous without being childish or silly. They add another layer of understanding to the questions and answers and help take some of the potential awkwardness out of the content matter.
-- The SaplingTell Me?provides a wonderful way for children to address their curiosity safely on their own, or begin a more in-depth conversation with a parent or teacher. There is lots of nonjudgmental information about consent, identity, puberty and more, and sweetly humorous cartoon illustrations accompany each question (including naked genitals, so be prepared for some giggles as children learn).
-- Ako JournalWhat I like about this book is that the questions are in no particular order so you can read the book any which way or dip in and out. You can also look up specific questions in the back of the book. Some of the questions are expected, but many are not. Tell Me is amusing and cute as it is eye opening.
-- NZ Booklovers"The questions cover a lot of ground from more general questions - "What's so important about bodies anyway?" and "What makes sex fun?" and "Is it embarrassing to have sex?" - to specific ones about anatomy, sexuality, gender identity, reproduction, and much more. Von der Gathen takes their answers very seriously, never engaging in a patronizing tone. She is refreshingly honest. Unflinching even, with an economy of information; she answers many of these questions in two to three paragraphs."
-- Seven Impossible Things Before BreakfastFunny and frank, this will be an important resource for many kids.
-- Kirkus ReviewsOne of the best books on the topics of bodies, sex, and emotions that I've encountered.
-- School Library JournalISBN: 9781776572328
ISBN-10: 1776572327
Published: 21st October 2019
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 208
Audience: Children
For Ages: 8+ years old
For Grades: 3 - 9
Publisher: Gecko Press
Country of Publication: AU
Dimensions (cm): 18.5 x 14.5 x 2.5
Weight (kg): 0.49
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