Welcome to Sex Your no-silly-questions guide to sexuality, pleasure and figuring it out

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Every household needs a copy of Welcome to Sex, the multi-award-winning, #1 best-selling, age-appropriate guide to sex and sexuality for teens of all genders, from the authors of Welcome to Your Period, Welcome to Consent and Welcome to Your Boobs!

★WINNER: 2024 Indie Book Awards Book of the Year for Young Adults ★
★WINNER: 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year for Older Children ★
★SHORTLISTED: 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Young Adult Literature ★
★SHORTLISTED: 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards Social Impact Book of the Year ★
★SHORTLISTED: 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards Audiobook of the Year ★
★SHORTLISTED: 2024 BookPeople Book of the Year ★

This introductory guide by 'Dolly Doctor' Dr Melissa Kang and journalist Yumi Stynes (Ladies, We Need to Talk) is packed with honest advice on everything you need to know about sex: how to know when you're ready, reasons not to have sex, and exploring pleasure on your own – as well as frank, clear information about becoming sexually intimate with others, staying safe, and how to communicate (including talking to your parents about sex – this is really important). Plus everything you've ever wondered about wobbly starts and awkward moments!

Welcome to Sex is inclusive, intersectional, multicultural, reassuring and all about keeping sex fun, real, and shame-free. With plenty of case studies, first-person accounts and questions from real teens – covering a wide range of gender, sexuality and dis/ability – Welcome to Sex will help readers navigate their sexual debuts with confidence!

  • 'An informative, entertaining, and potentially life-saving book that should find a place in every home.' –Prime Minister's Literary Awards
  • ‘It’s a glorious thing that a book like this exists.’ –Pedestrian
  • 'A brilliant and accessible book … Sexual abusers and predators [rely] on shame to silence [their targets]. The more information we can give children and teenagers about their bodies, [the] better.’ –The Age


Welcome to Sex covers a wide range of age-appropriate content for teens, including:

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ISBN:

9781760509538

Format:

Paperback

Pages:

304

Dimensions:

18cm x 14cm

RRP:

$24.99

Series:

Welcome To You

Publisher:

Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Published:

17 May 2023

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Melissa Kang

Most people know Dr Melissa Kang as the longest-serving expert behind the iconic Dolly Doctor column, but she’s also a practising medical doctor for marginalised young people and has academic roles at the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney. She is fifth-generation Malaysian-Chinese Anglo-Australian, which makes specialising in adolescent sexuality and sexual health all

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Yumi Stynes

Yumi Stynes is a writer, broadcaster, television presenter, food fanatic, fitness enthusiast and mother-of-four - including two teenage girls. Among her daily responsibilities she presents a national radio show on the KIIS network called The 3pm Pickup.  She also hosts an ABC podcast about women's health called Ladies, We Need to Talk. The podcast focuses on female sexuality and social issues and is

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Jenny Latham

Jenny Latham is an illustrator from the United Kingdom. Since graduating from Falmouth University in 2019, Jenny has illustrated all four books in the best-selling Welcome to series by Dr Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes. Jenny's biggest passion is making people feel empowered, positive and proud.

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