Sex Is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg

Sex Is a Funny Word

by Cory Silverberg

2016 Winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction 

2016 ALA Stonewall Book Award, Honor Book

2016 ALA Notable Children's Book

A comic book for kids that includes children and families of all makeups, orientations, and gender identities, Sex Is a Funny Word is an essential resource about bodies, gender, and sexuality for children ages 8 to 10 as well as their parents and caregivers. Much more than the "facts of life" or “the birds and the bees," Sex Is a Funny Word opens up conversations between young people and their caregivers in a way that allows adults to convey their values and beliefs while providing information about boundaries, safety, and joy.

The eagerly anticipated follow up to Lambda-nominated What Makes a Baby, from sex educator Cory Silverberg and artist Fiona SmythSex Is a Funny Word reimagines "sex talk" for the twenty-first century.

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5 of 5 stars

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This is so perfectly and beautifully inclusive, wow. It answers all the common questions kids have about sex and gender and their bodies, and so much more. Even the most complex topics are covered in a way that makes it seem so simple, encouraging kids to think for themselves, and get to know themselves, in a healthy, developmentally-appropriate way.

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