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The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library)

The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library)
By Valorie Schaefer

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Product Description

This bestselling guide answers all the questions growing girls have about their bodies - from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to bra buying, pimples to periods. It offers guidance about basic hygiene and health without addressing issues of sexuality. Over 1 million copies sold!


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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #131 in Books
  • Published on: 1998-09
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 104 pages

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Card catalog description
A preteen girl's guide to basic health and hygiene--from braces to bras, pimples to periods, hair care to healthy eating.


Customer Reviews

Good book recommended by our doctor5
Our pediatrician recommended this book during my daughter's 10-year-old regular check up. My daughter has been reading it without much prompting. It's a good overall book for this age range. It is what I expected.

A little over whelmed with the content3
I bought this for my just 10 year old daugther who is very curious about growing up and becoming a woman. I think it would be a great resource for more mature girls but I found some of it unappropriate for my daughter. There is a LOT of detail in the book . . . with anything from how to shave your legs and cleanliness to how to use pads and tampons. Some of the diagrams are graphic. I would not call myself a conservative person. I will hold on to this until my daughter is mature enough for all of its content. I would like to see a version of this book that leaves out some of the more advanced topics that a daughter should learn from her mother.

a book to make preteen years easier5
This book is for my 8 1/2 year old daughter who is beginning to ask questions about growing up and why modesty is important and such. Physically she's still too young for the book, but mentally she's got questions and this was an easy way to guide our conversations.

I am glad it covers the physical self-care that comes with puberty without getting into the sex talk. I felt comfortable letting her take it to read by herself and then we looked at some of the pages together to answer questions. She is having fun being more "grown up" by washing her face each day, and brushing her teeth more carefully.

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