Hair In Funny Places

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With her irresistible illustrations and wonderfully funny text, who better to guide us through all things hairy than the brilliant Babette Cole. Hair In Funny Places : Paperback : Penguin Random House Children's UK : 9780099266266 : : 11 Dec 2001 : Girls and boys are always curious and sometimes even alarmed by the behaviour of their bodies as they grow up. Hair in Funny Places is an excellent basic introduction for young, pre-pubescent boys and girls alike, which does much to normalise the experience and pave the way for future discussions.

The new book in Babette Cole’s bestselling series of “family dilemmas that began with Mummy Laid an Egg. This book is one that is easily shared with a boy or girl who is starting to show signs of puberty--no matter what your level of comfort with "the talk".It is the behaviour of Mr and Mrs Hormone which is responsible for and plays havoc with the physical and emotional states of girls and boys in puberty. The text which takes the form of a conversation between a small girl and her teddy bear is ingenious and funny -it is the behaviour of Mr and Mrs Hormone (wonderfully depicted) which is responsible for and plays havoc with both physical and emotional states of girls and boys between (roughly) the ages ofeight and eighteen. The drawings are funny and the text provides a basic introduction to some of the first changes that kids will start to notice, such as the "hair in funny places". Puberty being a particularly unsettling time, Babette Cole has made this the subject of the fifth title in her bestselling series of ‘family dilemmas’.

She wrote and illustrated more than 150 children's books including Nungu and the Hippopotamus, Doctor Dog, Mummy Laid an Egg, The Smelly Book, Beware of the Vet, Two of Everything, Hair in Funny Places, and The Trouble with series. Just made me laugh really, but quite informative I suppose; in the most straight talking way I've ever seen in a children's book. In both text and art, Cole's characteristic wacky humor sparks this fable about a contemporary princess who ``enjoyed being a Ms. While the process of puberty for a women is shown very negatively, the process of puberty for a boy is very different, with images of a smiling boy embracing the changes happening in his body.

Typical of Cole's no-holds-barred approach to bodily issues, over the course of the book she touches briefly on everything from menstruation to acne, body odour, and even erections. Dealing with the facts of life it was indeed an ingenious and ground-breaking book which perfectly combined explanations about sex with a wit and humour that tickled adults and informed the child. Born on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands in 1949, she attended the Canterbury College of Art (now the University for the Creative Arts) and received first-class BA Honors. It can be used to have or start conversations with kids about growth and changes ( physical and emotional), body positivity , consent and safety, reproduction.

Trying to educate little girls about puberty years before they'll have anything to do with it is one thing, but we both agreed that telling little girls that monsters taking control of their body wasn't such a great way to teach them about growing up. This book could never be used alongside SRE or Science to help explain the process of puberty because it is full of misleading and really quite unusual information. She produced animated storyboards for the BBC and illustrated numerous greetings cards and books by other authors as well as her own. It might also put them at a disadvantage when they get to the point where they have to discuss the subject in school--"Well, I learned that there are these hideous monsters in my body .Kirkus Reviews "Boying Up hits all the hot spots and should be included in tween and teen library collections. One half of the book is filled with questions commonly asked by girls entering puberty, and the other half with questions asked by boys. In Hair in Funny Places her artwork is without exaggeration some of the best she has ever done- it is brilliant. Once again Cole ( Cupid ; The Silly Book ) pulls readers into a wonderfully wacky universe where ordinary rules needn't apply. The trouble with Gran is that, beneath her grandmotherly exterior, she's an alienand a rather lively, headstrong one at that.

Puberty being a particularly unsettling time, Babette Cole has made this the subject of the fifth title in her bestselling series of 'family dilemmas'.

Brainy and bespectacled rat Ethelyn, an aspiring brain surgeon, earns the respect of her fellow ``ratlettes'' in a fast-paced tale especially helpful to those adjusting to a new school. This book is bound to be controversial but Babette has never taken the conventional path and her readers love her for her outrageous approach to little mentioned topics. I guess I'm still trying to figure out why the sexual objectification of young women is being positively showcased in a book written for children. Cole firmly believed in children's right to knowledge about their own bodies and the accompanying pictures are never vulgar.