The P Word: A Manual for Mammals

By Science, Naturally!
Price $16.95
Age 7-10 yrs.

This immensely informative book delves into the topic of the penis - what it is, how it works, and how to keep it healthy, among many other fascinating and invaluable particulars. That the book does so in a manner kids find to be wonderfully accessible and endlessly engaging is no accident. The P Word: A Manual for Mammals is intended as the definitive pre-puberty guide to the penis for young people, an objective at which it succeeds most skillfully. At heart it is a science book. And yet, due to the unusually sensitive and candid approach rendered by author and scientist David Hu (who wrote the book for his then 10-year-old son), there is comfort and lightness inherent in how the material is presented. Curiosity-piquing headings, illustrations, and insights, many of which revolve around non-human mammals, make for the sort of page-turner rarely encountered in children's non-fiction.