Review: I picked this book up on a whim when I was looking up banned books and my library had access to this one. I enjoyed Sex is a Funny Word quite a bit. It's nonfiction and informational, so there isn't any character information. What I enjoyed the most about this book is how open it was in mentioning that not everyone wants to have sex and there are people who do not fall into the normal male/female binary. It was cute and the kids in this book asked questions that real children might ask. Another great thing it does is bring up molestation. The book calls it "secret touching" but it makes it very clear that you should tell someone if this is happening to you. The way it brings it up is soft for children to understand if this is something happening in their lives. I think the thing to be most wary about is that it shows pictures of male and female genitals. Not in a disgusting way, but in a way that helps children to understand their bodies. The art is bright and helps the reader to get a good idea of how different bodies are. I wish they talked about sex with disabled people because that's not really talked about anywhere and there are a lot of assumptions made about it. Other than that, I thought this book was delightful.
Instead of listing out all the potential talking points, I'll just say this is the perfect book to keep around if you're around kids because it would be a great introduction to a lot of topics not widely discussed.
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