Let's Talk About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends: The ultimate guide to first questions for the very youngest child

Our 9.5 year old daughter has been getting more and more curious and I ordered this to have it ready, and luckily I did as the next day she wanted to understand it all!Brilliant book, perfectly pitched for my daughter.I especially liked the way it is structured, starting with basic ideas of girls and boys being essentially the same other than the baby making equipment, and then explaining how that all works but with the clear message that the equipment doesn't become functional until you grow up (and other than a high level mention of puberty, it's left at that, which I think worked well for our daughter as she wasn't interested in the detail).This book doesn't go into periods, but they are covered in the next one up in the series (which we bought at the same time), and we have that in reserve to cover soon too!Also, our daughter has ADHD and is on the autistic spectrum, and this was perfect for her to get into enough detail but also in small engaging snippets which kept her interest.

I love this book. I bought Amazing You (a bit more basic and vague on the details but still good) several months ago and my son really enjoyed that but recently started asking further questions about *precisely* how the mechanics work and why the sexes are different. I have to admit that I thought I might have a couple more years before having to explain in more detail (he's only 4) but I very much believe that you need to give a child honest answers to these questions otherwise I think they worry and pick up incorrect and potentially scary information from elsewhere. This book gives all the details in a fun, approachable and yet sensible way with good illustrations. One thing I love about this over other books is that it actually shows the outside of a girl's genitals so that my son could see what was going on there (one of the questions that he was asking a lot). Other books seem to show the outside and inside of boys but only the inside parts of girls, which I think is a bit confusing. I like that there are different chapters, so you can either read through the whole thing together, pick particular topics that your child is asking about, or skip parts that you don't think they're quite ready for. There are lots of funny bits on the book too - there are two little characters who make comments and the part where it explains what babies do in their Mummy's tummies (kick, hit, burp) had my son in hysterics. I would certainly recommend this book to all parents, I think it's informative and makes a tricky subject very approachable.

This is exactly what we were looking for for our curious 5 year old. She was persistently asking about where babies come from when I was pregnant with my third. This book is very clear and age appropriate. We read a chapter a night and by the end of the book the mystery was gone and she hasn't asked bout it since.

This is an excellent book which explains in straightforward language how bodies work and babies are made. After becoming pregnant with our second child we bought it for our 5 year old son and found it was just the right level for him (I suspect it would be a bit too young for a much older child). Overall it is excellent, my only complaint is the line which says: "Pregnant means a woman is going to have a baby". No it doesn't. Miscarriage is extremely common and we are doing children a disservice if we don't make them aware of the normality of pregnancy loss.

I was looking for a book for my four year old son who has been asking more questions about how human bodies work in recent months. We are also expecting another child in six months, and so I wanted something that would loosely cover all those themes in an intelligent, clear, and factual way.New to parenting, I wasn't sure how to answer some of his questions without feeling a bit awkward, but I found that once I picked up this book and gave it a once-through, I felt more relaxed about discussing body issues with him, and he in-turn felt encouraged to ask questions that had obviously been milling around in his head for a while!Overall the book strikes an excellent balance between information and entertainment, with clear descriptions and illustrations for each chapter. I think it was a good fit for my son, and am sure it will remain useful and of interest well in to the future as he grows and can process more complex themes and information. I have already recommended this book to my friends.

I bought this in conjunction with Claire Rayner's, The Body Book - partly because that's the book I remember from my childhood and also because it deals with a wider range of body issues in excellent, child-friendly detail. However, it's the Let's Talk book that grabbed my 6 year old's attention. He loves the Bird and Bee characters and has been fascinated to learn about where babies come from. He had been asking questions about his body and this was just a really useful tool to help me explain things.As an adoptive parent, I also love the fact that the book acknowledges so beautifully that there are all different types of family and talks about emotional issues around friendship and growing up.A fun book for him and a useful one for us. I'm sure we'll keep coming back to it as he gets older too. Would definitely recommend.UPDATE: A little while on and this is still his first book of choice, especially when reading alone.