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Welcome to Your Period
Your easy, no-silly-questions guide to handling it like a boss
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A modern, funny, inclusive and big-sisterish guide to handling your period like a boss!
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The #1 best-selling, award-winning guide to getting your period for the first time, from 'Dolly Doctor' Dr Melissa Kang and journalist Yumi Stynes (Ladies, We Need to Talk).
Getting your period for the first time can be mortifying, weird and messy – and asking questions about it can feel even worse. But it doesn’t have to be like that!
This award-winning, beloved book for pre-teens and teens is packed with honest advice on all the things you need to know: from what cramps feel like to whether you can feel it coming out, to what you should do if your pad leaks onto your clothes. With case studies, first-person accounts and questions from real teens (and answers from real experts – us!), Welcome to Your Period has all the info you need to manage your period like a boss.
⭐ WINNER: 2020 ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children ⭐
⭐ New York Public Library's Top 50 Books of 2021 ⭐
⭐ LONGLISTED: 2020 ABDA Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction ⭐
Read the whole Welcome To series by Dr Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes:
- Welcome to Your Period: Your easy, no-silly-questions guide to handling it like a boss
- Welcome to Your Boobs: Your easy, no-silly-questions guide to your breast friends
- Welcome to Consent: How to say no, when to say yes and everything in between
- Welcome to Sex: Your no-silly-questions guide to sexuality, pleasure and figuring it out
Series: Welcome To You
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Welcome to Consent
Welcome to Consent by Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang is a must-read guidebook designed for tweens and teens of all genders, offering crucial insights into understanding and navigating consent. Written by the award-winning authors behind Welcome To Your Period and Welcome to Sex, this invaluable resource offers a comprehensive approach to a topic that affects everyone, regardless of age...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid November -
Welcome to Your Boobs!
The perfect guide to dealing with boobs, bras and more for tweens and teens! From the multi-award-winning authors of #1 bestsellers Welcome to Your Period and Welcome to Consent: adolescent health expert Dr Melissa Kang (a former Dolly Doctor) and Ladies, We Need to Talk host, Yumi Stynes. There's no getting around it – boobs can be pretty weird! Even...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
14% offWelcome to Your Period
The #1 best-selling, award-winning guide to getting your period for the first time, from 'Dolly Doctor' Dr Melissa Kang and journalist Yumi Stynes (Ladies, We Need to Talk). Getting your period for the first time can be mortifying, weird and messy – and asking questions about it can feel even worse. But it doesn’t have to be like that! This...Paperback$1800Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Welcome to Sex
Every household needs a copy of Welcome to Sex, the multi-award-winning, #1 best-selling, age-appropriate guide to sex and sexuality for teens of all genders, from the authors of Welcome to Your Period, Welcome to Consent, and Welcome to Your Boobs! ★ WINNER: 2024 Indie Book Awards Book of the Year for Young Adults ★ ★ WINNER: 2024 Australian Book Industry...Paperback$2399Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
New ReleaseWelcome to Friendship!
From the best-selling authors of Welcome to Consent and Welcome to Your Period comes this warm, funny, indispensable guide for tweens and teens on navigating the highs and lows of friendship – including making friends, keeping them and what to do when things get tricky! In this primer on all things friendship, journalist Yumi Stynes and adolescent health expert Dr...Paperback$2399Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?
Welcome to Your Period by Dr. Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes is highly praised for its empowering and informative approach to guiding young readers through the topic of menstruation. It's described as ideal for middle-grade readers, providing a comprehensive, engaging, and inclusive resource that demystifies the menstrual cycle. The authors use a casual, reassuring style, supported by colourful illustrations and diverse representation, to answer common questions and explore topics like period poverty and advocacy.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781760503512
Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 August 2019
Country: Australia
Imprint: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Illustration: Full colour
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Jenny Latham
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 180.0mm
Weight: 297g
Pages: 176
About the Author
Dr Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes are the best-selling, award-winning authors of four books together: Welcome to Your Period, Welcome to Your Boobs, Welcome to Consent and Welcome to Sex.
Most people know Dr Melissa Kang as the longest-serving expert behind the iconic Dolly Doctor column, but she’s also a practising medical doctor for marginalised young people and has academic roles at the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney. She is fifth-generation Malaysian-Chinese Anglo-Australian, which makes specialising in adolescent sexuality and sexual health all the more interesting. She continues to speak about these topics in the mainstream media.
Yumi Stynes is a second-gen Japanese-Australian TV and radio presenter who, like a lot of us, had to ‘unlearn’ period shame. She’s currently the host of Ladies, We Need to Talk, an award-winning podcast that explores all the trickiest topics and taboos about women’s health, including periods, discharge, difficult motherhood, and whether or not your vagina is weird.
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Welcome to Consent
Welcome to Consent by Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang is a must-read guidebook designed for tweens and teens of all genders, offering crucial insights into understanding and navigating consent. Written by the award-winning authors behind Welcome To Your Period and Welcome to Sex, this invaluable resource offers a comprehensive approach to a topic that affects everyone, regardless of age...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid November -
Welcome to Your Boobs!
The perfect guide to dealing with boobs, bras and more for tweens and teens! From the multi-award-winning authors of #1 bestsellers Welcome to Your Period and Welcome to Consent: adolescent health expert Dr Melissa Kang (a former Dolly Doctor) and Ladies, We Need to Talk host, Yumi Stynes. There's no getting around it – boobs can be pretty weird! Even...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Welcome to Sex
Every household needs a copy of Welcome to Sex, the multi-award-winning, #1 best-selling, age-appropriate guide to sex and sexuality for teens of all genders, from the authors of Welcome to Your Period, Welcome to Consent, and Welcome to Your Boobs! ★ WINNER: 2024 Indie Book Awards Book of the Year for Young Adults ★ ★ WINNER: 2024 Australian Book Industry...Paperback$2399Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
New Release
Welcome to Friendship!
From the best-selling authors of Welcome to Consent and Welcome to Your Period comes this warm, funny, indispensable guide for tweens and teens on navigating the highs and lows of friendship – including making friends, keeping them and what to do when things get tricky! In this primer on all things friendship, journalist Yumi Stynes and adolescent health expert Dr...Paperback$2399Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
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Welcome to Consent
Welcome to Consent by Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang is a must-read guidebook designed for tweens and teens of all genders, offering crucial insights into understanding and navigating consent. Written by the award-winning authors behind Welcome To Your Period and Welcome to Sex, this invaluable resource offers a comprehensive approach to a topic that affects everyone, regardless of age...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid November -
Welcome to Your Boobs!
The perfect guide to dealing with boobs, bras and more for tweens and teens! From the multi-award-winning authors of #1 bestsellers Welcome to Your Period and Welcome to Consent: adolescent health expert Dr Melissa Kang (a former Dolly Doctor) and Ladies, We Need to Talk host, Yumi Stynes. There's no getting around it – boobs can be pretty weird! Even...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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