Customer Reviews
fantastic - By: a grateful mum, 21 Jun 2007 
my son, aged 9, has been asking for several weeks if we could have 'the chat' but i had no idea where to start or where to stop. This book gives a clear yet simple overview of the whole subject whilst making it sound so normal & part of everyday life- which of course to an adult it is- but to a child it may seem totally unreal. As a child I was thrown a leaflet & left to it but this gives openings for discussion & answers questions that a child may find awkward. Healthy sex is such a large part of life now not just the pregnancy fear that I grew up with. This is talked about without putting an unrealistic fear into the child. WELL DONE!!! & thank you...
Excellent - By: , 13 Jan 2004 I bought this for my 9 year old daughter & now my husband wants to read it! It is well written & easy for a child to read & I would recommend it to anybody trying to work out how to explain the facts of life to their children. My only problem is keping it away from my 7 year old!
Lets talk about sex - By: l j wilkins, 27 Dec 2002 I bought this book for my granddaughter aged 13 (going on 17). She found it really cool & took it to school where her teacher copied from it to usein their sex education discussions.
If you have children you should have this book - By: , 30 Nov 2002 Our family think this is a brilliant book. It would be appropriate for children from ages (8), 9, 10 or 11 depending on maturity etc to about 14 years. The book covers "growing up, changing bodies, sex & sexual health"in a factual & accurate but often light-hearted way, recognising that children can be very embarassed about these topics, but do need to know the full facts & the context. It has been written for them as individuals & is aimed at their level of interest & understanding.
The illustrations are entertaining - accurate but cartoonish & the "bird" & "bee" comments at the margins are brilliant. The bee finds everything excruciatingly embarrassing & says so, but the bird loves it all & comments accordingly. Children can relate well to both characters & their thoughts at different stages of their development. They also begin to realise that the bee may be sillyin being so prudish about natural matters & may adapt their own comments & behaviourin the light of this. We have used these characters to instigate family or individual discussions about these important topics - for example, prompting a discussion by saying "I can see you feel like the bee & find this very uncomfortable to talk about - would you like to look at the book again?" or "the bird loved this bit" & discussing more openly.
The approach takenin the book means that children go on to read chapters eg sexual health which they might not otherwise have read because they like the style of writing & the "aside" comments from the bird & bee. My children (two girls & a boy) read bits of the book avidly from the ages of about 9 or 10. They continue to dip into it as the months go by & as they realise the possible relevance of chapters which were a mystery to them previously. I still find it tuckedin one or other of their bedside tables from time to time & would expect to do so for some years to come.
excellent book for children to talk and read with parents - By: , 27 Apr 2001 we gave the book to our eldest child how knew the basic;s & let him read itin his own time & have been able to share it with him when he has had questions our wanted to talk about issues raised. the book has been on loan to several friends who have also gone on to buy it. great for children age 9 & up . all art work is child friendly & not out to give mum & dad red faces when reading as a family. also covered some issues some families may not feel able to talk about such as wet dreams' periods' body shape' what's normal on my body. great book!!!!!!!.
