The Big Book of Girl Stuff
Ok so first up, this book is written by a man. Odd. However Bart King is a middle school teacher and does have five sisters whom he proudly calls upon to contribute, along with literally dozens of other girls, teens and women. He also wrote The Big Book of Stuff for Boys so you get the idea that this book is well researched and funny, but not overly ‘girly’.
While the book touches on puberty and physical development it is very big on other ‘girl’ stuff such as friends, manners, boys, sports, jewellery and dreams.
It also offers a lot of practical advice such as ‘how to go to the toilet in the great outdoors’, ‘how to make a henna tattoo’ and ‘how to start improving the world today’.
It’s a great book to reach for when you feel you need answers to life’s great problems – ten minutes of reading this and you’ll be totally diverted. Daisy chain making anyone?