Table of Contents
Chapter One: Body Changes!
Introduction: 9
Hormones + Emotions: 11
Breast Growth: 14
Pimples + Body Smells: 16
Hair + Discharge: 17
Chapter Two: Caring for Your Body
Growing + Eating: 20
Exercise + Sleep: 22
Chapter Three: What's a Period All About?
All About Periods: 26
Leaks + Blood: 28
PMS: 30
Cramps: 31
Chapter Four: Caring for Your Period
Period Products: 36
Tracking Your Period: 42
Chapter Five: My First Period:
Stories from Real Girls
My Surprise Summer with Dad: 46
An Unexpected Summer Visitor: 51
A New Type of Math Class Problem: 58
My Purple Pants Panic: 64
Aunt Sara to the Rescue!: 68
My Fourth Grade Shock: 72
The Case of the Slowpoke Period: 76
Grandma Saves the Day: 80
Chapter Six: All the Facts!
Period Myth Busters: 88
Questions + Answers: 90
Chapter Seven: What About Boys?
What's Going on in HIS Body?: 98
Glossary: 103