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 Gathens 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 beyondgender identity, beauty, consent, self-confidence, how other people reactand 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 moreeven 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.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 7-14 years.

There are 92 pages in this book. This book was published in 2023 by Gecko Press .

Shelley Tanaka is an award-winning editor and author of books for young people. Titles include contributions to the I Was There series as well as Attack on Pearl Harbour. Anke Kuhl, born 1970, studied at the University of Design in Offenbach. Since 1999 she has worked as an illustrator in a community workshop in Frankfurt. In 2002, she was the recipient of the first Troisdorfer Picture Book scholarship. Ride, Cowboy, Ride, which is her third picture book, was developed while she was on this programme.