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• Title:Own your period / by Chella Quint ; illustrated by Giovana Medeiros.
  
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• Variant Title:Own your period : a fact-filled guide to period positivity
  
• Author/Creator:Quint, Chella, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Medeiros, Giovana, illustrator.
  
• Published/Created:Mission Viejo, CA : QEB Publishing, an imprint of the Quarto Group, 2021.
  ©2021
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WP540 .Q56 2021
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Menstrual cycle--Juvenile literature.
  Menstruation--Juvenile literature.
  Menstrual cycle.
  Menstruation.
  
• Description:95 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"This fact-filled guide to periods answers all your essential questions like what's a vulva, what do periods actually feel like, and what happens if blood stains your clothes?" - Back cover.
  Quint started the Period Positive movement to improve menstrual literacy. Her fact-filled guide to periods answers all your essential questions, and provides positive and honest advice to help girls and young women form a healthy, positive relationship with their bodies. She also includes practical information about menstrual products, tracking cycles, and more. -- adapted from front flap and back cover
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page 95) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780711256644 (paperback)
  0711256640 (paperback)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Basics
  Periods and puberty
  What's a vulva?
  Inside your body
  Periods and hormones
  Menstrual cycle phases
  Life cycle of a period
  Having babies?!?
  Period stats
  2. Managing fences
  What do periods look like?
  What do periods feel like?
  Charting your cycle
  All about discharge
  When periods are a pain
  Asking for help
  Maintaining good period health
  Menstrual supplies
  Sustainability
  Worrying about stains and odor
  3. Period Positivity
  Menstrual shame
  Busting myths and slaying superstitions
  Media messages: a timeline
  Being a period positive consumer
  Talking about periods
  Navigating periods at school
  Share the Period Positive Pledge
  Own it!.