Due to a quest to read all of the banned books on a "frequently banned books" list, I came across this book. It's very clinical and anatomically correct. However, it's quite heteronormative and cis-centered. However, it will answer questions about hormonal and physical changes as well as sex organs and proper naming. It can be used, but, as an ally, I know there needs to be more books that help trans and gender-nonconforming children as well as queer-identifying. ( )

This was the book my mom got to teach me about sex when I was eleven. Once a year or so I pull it out to roast it. This year, I decided to check who wrote it, expecting some elderly Christian lady. No, it was Joanna Cole.

The author of Magic School Bus taught me how to fuck and what a penis was. Anyway, this book gives you the dirty details and doesn't hate gay people. What more can you ask from one of these? ( )

Joanna Cole provides concise factual information on sex and relationships that will be informative to ten to twelve year old children. Especially interesting is the inclusion of masturbation and homosexuality--chapters that seem safe and conservative to me, but that will probably generate controversy among the religious right. ( )