Grow Up Great!: All You Need to Know About Puberty for Girls
Published on 23. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-4451-9039-6 (ISBN)
Description
A fun, positive and reassuring guide to puberty for girls
Get ready for puberty and all its thrills and spills with this handy guide! The core scientific information is balanced with plenty of guidance on how to take the best care of yourself during puberty, both physically and emotionally, and includes fun features and activities, including mini-quizzes, 'It's not just you!' facts and true or false panels.
Funny, cartoon-style illustration will help to keep the mood and message of the books light and positive, and is complimented by a clever design with bold typography. Perfect reading for girls aged 9 and up. And you can find out what's going on in the world of boys with Grow Up Great: All You Need to Know About Puberty for Boys.
Chapter 1: Goodbye girl, hello woman! / Ready, steady ... puberty! / What's the point of puberty? / When does puberty start? / What makes puberty happen? / The first signs / From girls to women / What will I look like after puberty? / Chapter 2: Big body changes / Embarrassing adults / Talking breasts / Bring on the bras! / Buying your first bra / Bra-illiant facts and top advice / Putting spots in the spotlight / Quiz: Spot the facts / Hair everywhere! / Smelly stuff / Hair down there / Take a closer look / Chapter 3: The world of periods / The inside story / Know your periods / What to expect during a period / Period pants and pads / Tampons and menstrual cups / What's right for you? / Feeling great during your period / Pesky PMS / Er, what about boys? / Chapter 4: Mind your head / Emotions all over / Feeling okay or not okay / Dealing with your family /Grow your confidence / Build your body image / Chapter 5: Getting social / Friendships / Friends or enemies? / Bullying / The highs and lows of being online / Funny new feelings / Love etc / It's (not actually that) complicated / Chapter 6: Taking care of you / Fuel your body! / Fit and strong / Leaving puberty behind / Growing up great FAQs / Useful words and info / Index
Get ready for puberty and all its thrills and spills with this handy guide! The core scientific information is balanced with plenty of guidance on how to take the best care of yourself during puberty, both physically and emotionally, and includes fun features and activities, including mini-quizzes, 'It's not just you!' facts and true or false panels.
Funny, cartoon-style illustration will help to keep the mood and message of the books light and positive, and is complimented by a clever design with bold typography. Perfect reading for girls aged 9 and up. And you can find out what's going on in the world of boys with Grow Up Great: All You Need to Know About Puberty for Boys.
Chapter 1: Goodbye girl, hello woman! / Ready, steady ... puberty! / What's the point of puberty? / When does puberty start? / What makes puberty happen? / The first signs / From girls to women / What will I look like after puberty? / Chapter 2: Big body changes / Embarrassing adults / Talking breasts / Bring on the bras! / Buying your first bra / Bra-illiant facts and top advice / Putting spots in the spotlight / Quiz: Spot the facts / Hair everywhere! / Smelly stuff / Hair down there / Take a closer look / Chapter 3: The world of periods / The inside story / Know your periods / What to expect during a period / Period pants and pads / Tampons and menstrual cups / What's right for you? / Feeling great during your period / Pesky PMS / Er, what about boys? / Chapter 4: Mind your head / Emotions all over / Feeling okay or not okay / Dealing with your family /Grow your confidence / Build your body image / Chapter 5: Getting social / Friendships / Friends or enemies? / Bullying / The highs and lows of being online / Funny new feelings / Love etc / It's (not actually that) complicated / Chapter 6: Taking care of you / Fuel your body! / Fit and strong / Leaving puberty behind / Growing up great FAQs / Useful words and info / Index
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 10 years
Dimensions
Height: 181 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
162 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4451-9039-6 (9781445190396)
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Olivia Key (Author)
Olivia Key is the pen name of Kay Barnham, who was born in Barrow-in-Furness, grew up in Carlisle, went to college in Brighton, and lived in Hove for a while, before sailing for Kinsale, Co Cork, popping back to Hove and then moving to the New Forest with her husband and daughter. And never at any point has she lived more than ten miles from the sea. She began working in children's publishing in 1992. She was an editor first of all, working on illustrated non-fiction and learning fun facts like how long it would take to walk to the moon - nine years - and how to spell palaeontology. Next, she commissioned fiction titles, editing picture books, storybooks and novels. And then she got the chance to write her own books, which she thinks is quite the best job ever. Except possibly being a chocolatier. She writes non-fiction as Kay Barnham. Her specialist subjects include ice-skating, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, lightning, fairies, Roald Dahl, Sir Isaac Newton, Christmas, dolphins, Florence Nightingale and very bad cracker jokes. And chocolate. She also writes fiction as Kay Woodward, including the Skate School series for Usborne and the novels Jane Airhead and Wuthering Hearts for Andersen Press. Altogether, she's written about a hundred books. Her favourite colour is navy blue. Her favourite chocolate is 85% cocoa solids.
Laura Wood (Illustrator)
After spending all my young years in a full-on professional life crisis, in 2010 I finally stumbled into the magic world of illustration and decided I liked it a lot...
Originally from Treviglio, a small town in the north of Italy, I studied illustration in the wonderful city of Melbourne, Australia, where I started my illustration career in 2012.
After a few years of seeking adventures and travelling around the world, I currently live and work in Milan, Italy.
Olivia Key is the pen name of Kay Barnham, who was born in Barrow-in-Furness, grew up in Carlisle, went to college in Brighton, and lived in Hove for a while, before sailing for Kinsale, Co Cork, popping back to Hove and then moving to the New Forest with her husband and daughter. And never at any point has she lived more than ten miles from the sea. She began working in children's publishing in 1992. She was an editor first of all, working on illustrated non-fiction and learning fun facts like how long it would take to walk to the moon - nine years - and how to spell palaeontology. Next, she commissioned fiction titles, editing picture books, storybooks and novels. And then she got the chance to write her own books, which she thinks is quite the best job ever. Except possibly being a chocolatier. She writes non-fiction as Kay Barnham. Her specialist subjects include ice-skating, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, lightning, fairies, Roald Dahl, Sir Isaac Newton, Christmas, dolphins, Florence Nightingale and very bad cracker jokes. And chocolate. She also writes fiction as Kay Woodward, including the Skate School series for Usborne and the novels Jane Airhead and Wuthering Hearts for Andersen Press. Altogether, she's written about a hundred books. Her favourite colour is navy blue. Her favourite chocolate is 85% cocoa solids.
Laura Wood (Illustrator)
After spending all my young years in a full-on professional life crisis, in 2010 I finally stumbled into the magic world of illustration and decided I liked it a lot...
Originally from Treviglio, a small town in the north of Italy, I studied illustration in the wonderful city of Melbourne, Australia, where I started my illustration career in 2012.
After a few years of seeking adventures and travelling around the world, I currently live and work in Milan, Italy.
Content
1: Chapter 1: Goodbye girl, hello woman!
2: Ready, steady ... puberty!
3: What's the point of puberty?
4: When does puberty start?
5: What makes puberty happen?
6: The first signs
7: From girls to women
8: What will I look like after puberty?
9: Chapter 2: Big body changes
10: Embarrassing adults
11: Amazing breasts!
12: Bring on the bras
13: Buying your first bra
14: Bra-illiant facts and top advice1
15: Putting spots in the spotlight
16: Quiz: Spot the facts
17: Hair everywhere!
18: Smelly stuff
19: Hair down there
20: Take a closer look
21: Chapter 3: The world of periods
22: The inside story
23: Know your periods
24: What to expect during a period
25: Period pants and pads
26: Tampons and menstrual cups
27: What's right for you?
28: Feeling great during your period
29: Pesky PMS
30: Er, what about boys?
31: Chapter 4: Mind your head
32: Emotions all over
33: Feeling okay or not okay
34: Dealing with your family
34: Grow your confidence
35: Build your body image
36: Chapter 5: Getting social
37: Friendships
38: Friends or enemies?
39: Bullying
40: The highs and lows of being online
41: Funny new feelings
42: Love etc
43: It's (not actually that) complicated
44: Chapter 6: Taking care of you
45: Fuel your body!
46: Fit and strong
47: Leaving puberty behind
48: Growing up great FAQs
49: Useful words and info
50: Index
2: Ready, steady ... puberty!
3: What's the point of puberty?
4: When does puberty start?
5: What makes puberty happen?
6: The first signs
7: From girls to women
8: What will I look like after puberty?
9: Chapter 2: Big body changes
10: Embarrassing adults
11: Amazing breasts!
12: Bring on the bras
13: Buying your first bra
14: Bra-illiant facts and top advice1
15: Putting spots in the spotlight
16: Quiz: Spot the facts
17: Hair everywhere!
18: Smelly stuff
19: Hair down there
20: Take a closer look
21: Chapter 3: The world of periods
22: The inside story
23: Know your periods
24: What to expect during a period
25: Period pants and pads
26: Tampons and menstrual cups
27: What's right for you?
28: Feeling great during your period
29: Pesky PMS
30: Er, what about boys?
31: Chapter 4: Mind your head
32: Emotions all over
33: Feeling okay or not okay
34: Dealing with your family
34: Grow your confidence
35: Build your body image
36: Chapter 5: Getting social
37: Friendships
38: Friends or enemies?
39: Bullying
40: The highs and lows of being online
41: Funny new feelings
42: Love etc
43: It's (not actually that) complicated
44: Chapter 6: Taking care of you
45: Fuel your body!
46: Fit and strong
47: Leaving puberty behind
48: Growing up great FAQs
49: Useful words and info
50: Index