The Care and Keeping of You Journal: For Younger Girls (American Girl(r) Wellbeing)

Gave it as a gift to my little girl who thoroughly enjoyed reading it

I bought this journal as an accompaniment to the book of the same name (see photo) and it is brilliant. The journal covers the same spread of topics; about me, healthy eating, exercise, periods, emotions, feeling good about yourself. It DOES NOT cover sex or relationships.Lots of brightly coloured pages with minimal text so ideal for a primary school aged child (my daughter is 9yo and in Year 5). I would say the journal is probably best suited to 11s and under as it is more simplistic than the book and maybe looks a bit babyish for those in early secondary school. The book though, is excellent and probably suitable up to Year 7 or Year 8.

A great book for young girls entering puberty to help them chart their changing emotions

Smaller than expected and perhaps less value however a good companion for the care of you books and my daughter loves it

Brilliant I want a book to read to my daughter about her changing body that did t mention sex

This book is very good for girls ,I will recommend

very helpful .

Daughter loves it

This has been a great book for my 9 year old. We talk about the topics and she fills this out before she goes to bed at night. It’s a great way to give the girls tools to manage life at this age (and prepare for middle school). Highly recommended!

Thank you for having a book like this, this really helps with information for her when I can't rely on my memory to bring everything up.. here it is all list and easy to read!

I bought the book and journal for my 10 year old granddaughter and Book II and journal for her 11 year old sister. I figured they could each read both books. They loved them. These informative books are a great relief to girls because they explain many things about their changing bodies that they might be too embarrassed to ask about. Also, many girls think they are "weird" (remember?!) and these books reassure them that other girls have the same questions/worries and that they are normal. The older girl wanted to shave her legs but her dad thought she was too young. She used this book to change his mind. The book suggests 12 is average age to start shaving but let the child start earlier if she's self conscious about the hair on her legs at school.

Perfect to learn from for girls

My 9 year old daughter loves this book. I purchased it for her when she was 8 because she was "developing" sooner than most girls her age.We actually have many AG books about dealing with friends, gossiping, keeping organized etc. Every book is tremendously important and connects perfectly with the target age group.This particular book deals with hygiene issues, changes in our bodies, For example, why we grow hair in certain places, why our sweat has an odor, why our hair gets oily etc. There are wonderful suggestions on how to manage it all and discussed in a very laid back, matter-of-fact way. I found it actually made my daughter want to do things independently.She wanted to take care of herself better!We read it together and it has opened the door for questions that I don't think she would ever have asked me if she didn't have this book.This is a must if you have a young daughter. We don't realize that they are noticing the changes and they do have questions.It's a great first step in the "Caring of..." series.