Hair In Funny Places

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The book is bound to be controversial but Babette has never taken the conventional path and her readers love her for her outrageous approach to little mentioned topics. Puberty being a particularly unsettling time, Babette Cole has made this the subject of the fifth title in her bestselling series of family dilemmas'. In a wacky follow-up to The Trouble with Mom, Dad is bored with his job and starts fiddling around with robots, much to Mom's consternation. The text which takes the form of a conversation between a small girl and her teddy bear is ingenious and funny -it is the behaviour of Mr and Mrs Hormone (wonderfully depicted) which is responsible for and plays havoc with both physical and emotional states of girls and boys between (roughly) the ages ofeight and eighteen. The illustrations are silly but show teenage girls and boys in their various stages of development in appropriate ways, and while Cole's occasionally gleeful depiction of naked bodies might raise a few adult eyebrows, children will be sure to laugh out loud.

While the process of puberty for a women is shown very negatively, the process of puberty for a boy is very different, with images of a smiling boy embracing the changes happening in his body. Puberty being a particularly unsettling time, Babette Cole has made this the subject of the fifth title in her bestselling series of ‘family dilemmas’. Who else but Babette Cole would have the temerity to tackle this subject in a picture book, and the genius to carry it off. Typical of Cole's no-holds-barred approach, the girl's parents are used as examples (""your mom sprouted small bosoms and hair in funny places"").She received a first-class degree and a distinction in animation from Canterbury College of Art in 1973. This shows both boys and girls undergoing changes, in a funny way , with comical illustrations and second person narrative. do not read this out loud at the local library or your daughter to will give you a filthy look too,great funny informative book that explains all the things that happen to a girl in story format awesome read. It might also put them at a disadvantage when they get to the point where they have to discuss the subject in school--"Well, I learned that there are these hideous monsters in my body .

The illustrations are silly, but also show girls and boys in their various stages of development in appropriate ways. She wrote and illustrated more than 150 children's books including Nungu and the Hippopotamus, Doctor Dog, Mummy Laid an Egg, The Smelly Book, Beware of the Vet, Two of Everything, Hair in Funny Places, and The Trouble with series. This hilarious, ingenious book is formed of a conversation between a small girl and her teddy bear about 'Mr and Mrs Hormone' who 'live inside you' and 'mix the potions that turn children into adults'. When parents hear their children laughing, the children can say they're reading and learning at the same time.Typical of Cole's no-holds-barred approach to bodily issues, over the course of the book she touches briefly on everything from menstruation to acne, body odour, and even erections. We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. The text which takes the form of a conversation between a small girl and her teddy bear is ingenious and funny -it is the behaviour of Mr and Mrs Hormone (wonderfully depicted) which is responsible for and plays havoc with both physical and emotional states of girls and boys between (roughly) the ages of eight and eighteen. This book could never be used alongside SRE or Science to help explain the process of puberty because it is full of misleading and really quite unusual information. The new book in Babette Cole’s bestselling series of “family dilemmas that began with Mummy Laid an Egg.

Although the illustrations of hormones as hairy, ugly monsters is a bit bizarre (though probably more true than we would like to admit), we really enjoyed this book. The watercolors are equally candid, and the gleeful depictions of naked bodies may raise adults' eyebrows but children will laugh out loud. Hair in Funny Places is an excellent basic introduction for young, pre-pubescent boys and girls alike, which does much to normalise the experience and pave the way for future discussions.Cole (Mommy Laid an Egg) uses a medical pretext to indulge fans of scatological jokes in this off-color, disjointed tale. Who else but Babette would have the temerity to tackle this subject in a picture book and the genius to carry it off! Cole's ( The Trouble with Uncle ) latest creation is Supermoo, a heroic heifer determined to protect Earth. Hair In Funny Places : Paperback : Penguin Random House Children's UK : 9780099266266 : : 11 Dec 2001 : Girls and boys are always curious and sometimes even alarmed by the behaviour of their bodies as they grow up.