Walt Larimore - The Ultimate Girls Body Book. Not-So-Silly Questions About Your Body

Praise for The Ultimate Girls Body Book

In my personal research, I have not found a more comprehensive and useful resource for young women looking to understand their bodies. The Ultimate Girls Body Book removes the opportunity for misunderstandings or lack of information that could handicap a girl for life. Im eager and delighted for both my daughters to have a copy to study with me.

Jennie Bishop, author of The Princess and the Kiss and Planned Purity for Parents, founder of PurityWorks, Daytona Beach, Florida

Dr. Walt and Dr. Wohlever have written a thoughtful guide for tween girls and their parents that is scientifically sound, biblically grounded, and entirely practical. They answer the questions that everyone is too embarrassed to talk about.

Julian T. Hsu, MD, family physician, assistant clinical professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado

The Ultimate Girls Body Book is an amazing resource for parents. We are grateful that a trusted medical professional has taken the time to write this much-needed guide for girls. Dr. Walt Larimore is a unique combination of medical expert, outstanding communicator, and compassionate advisor. He uses those gifts to lead young readers through the often-puzzling journey of adolescence by answering the questions they are often afraid to voice.

Mark Merrill, president of Family First and author of All Pro Dad Susan Merrill, founder and director of iMOM.com and author of The Passionate Mom

This book is fun and approachable. It is written with sensitivity, yet it is also realistic and direct. This is something a tween can relate to. I am picky about books, but this is a wonderful resource that can serve as a valuable guidepost for families with tween girls. I plan to recommend it to family and friends.

Ann Park, MD, womens development coach and founder of CoachingwithDrAnn.com, Tampa, Florida

Other Writings by the Authors

By Walt Larimore, MD

Nonfiction Books

The Ultimate Guys Body Book: Not-So-Stupid Questions About Your Body

Lintball Leos Not-So-Stupid Questions About Your Body

10 Essentials of Happy, Healthy People: Becoming and Staying Highly Healthy

Alternative Medicine: The Christian Handbook

SuperSized Kids: How to Rescue Your Child from the Obesity Threat

Why A.D.H.D. Doesnt Mean Disaster

His Brain, Her Brain: How Divinely Designed Differences Can Strengthen Your Marriage

The Honeymoon of Your Dreams: A Practical Guide to Planning a Romantic Honeymoon

Workplace Grace: Becoming a Spiritual Influence at Work

Workplace Grace: Becoming a Spiritual Influence at Work Groupware Curriculum
(Includes video, DVD, leaders guide, and participants workbook)

Grace Prescriptions: Becoming a Spiritual Influence in Healthcare
(Small-group curriculum with leaders guide and participants workbook; coauthored with William Carr Peel)

The Saline Solution: Becoming a Spiritual Influence in Your Medical Practice
(Small-group curriculum with DVD, leaders guide, and participants workbook; coauthored with William Carr Peel)

Autobiographical Books

Bryson City Tales: Stories of a Doctors First Year of Practice in the Smoky Mountains

Bryson City Seasons: More Tales of a Doctors Practice in the Smoky Mountains

Bryson City Secrets: Even More Tales of a Small-Town Doctor in the Smoky Mountains

Novels

Time Series Investigators: The Gabon Virus

Time Series Investigators: The Influenza Bomb
(coauthored with Paul McCusker)

Hazel Creek: A Novel

Sugar Fork: A Novel

Websites

Dr. Walts website is www.DrWalt.com.

Dr. Walts health blog is www.DrWalt.com/blog.

Purchase autographed books at www.Dr-Walts-store.hostedbyamazon.com.

Morning Glory, Evening Grace Daily Devotional, available at www.Devotional.DrWalt.com

By Amaryllis Snchez Wohlever, MD

Nonfiction Books

Walking with Jesus in Healthcare: A 120-day devotional to refresh your soul as you care for others

Bible commentary published in The Journey

Faith in Action: Living a Life of Blessing
(a study of James and the Beatitudes)

Marks of the Kingdom (based on the Gospel According to Matthew)

Prayer in the Early Church (based on Acts of the Apostles)

The Radiance of Gods Glory (a study of the book of Hebrews)

Turning Points of the Faith

Study of the Gospel According to Mark

Studies of Pauls Letters (Philippians, 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians)

Study of Letters of Peter, John, and Jude

Websites

Dr. Maris blog is www.DrMarisFaithStop.com.

Dr. Maris author website is www.faithfulmd.wordpress.com.

Dr. Mari writes devotions for Good News Daily and Bible commentary for The Journey
(published by Bible Reading Fellowship www.biblereading.org)

Learn about Dr. Maris writing, editing, and Spanish translations at www.DrMarisFaithStop.com.

ZONDERKIDZ

The Ultimate Girls Body Book

Copyright 2013 by Dr. Walt Larimore and Dr. Amaryllis Snchez Wohlever

ePub Edition December 2013: ISBN 978-0-310-73982-1

Requests for information should be addressed to:

Zonderkidz, 5300 Patterson Ave SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Larimore, Walter L.

Not-so-silly questions about your body : the ultimate girls body book / Walt Larimore, MD, and Amaryllis Snchez Wohlever, MD.

pages cm.

Audience: 912.

ISBN 978-0-310-73981-4 (softcover)

1. Teenage girlsHealth and hygieneJuvenile literature. 2. Beauty, PersonalReligious aspectsChristianityJuvenile literature. 3. Human bodyReligious aspectsChristianityJuvenile literature. I. Wohlever, Amaryllis Sanchez. II. Title. III. Title: Ultimate girls body book.

RA777.25.L37 2013

613.0433dc23

2013027953

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The content in a number of the chapters in this book (2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34) has been heavily adapted, with permission from ZonderKidz, from The Ultimate Guys Body Book: Not-So-Stupid Questions About Your Body, 2012 by Dr. Walt Larimore. The poem quoted by the woman in Question 3 (The Hidden Masterpiece) is adapted from Grant Colfax Tullars poem The Weaver. The story of the Lopez family in Question 11 is adapted from www.SuperSizedKids.com with the permission of Florida Hospital Publishing in Orlando, FL.

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