Porn is Not Sex Ed!: A Young Person's Illustrated Guide to Debunking Sexuality Myths - Jessica Melendez

This book is brilliant! It is so much more informative than I could've imagined, and answers so many questions in very simple terms. There's detailed diagrams and I love the inclusivity of having different characters interact throughout the book in the form of comic strip dialogue. The chapters are well sectioned and go over so many topics including and not limited to body image, safe sex, and stereotypes.

My sincere compliments to the author (who I assume also illustrated) for doing a fabulous job of creating images that are not vulgar, yet beautifully diverse to show different types of bodies and genitals, acknowledging how they are all normal. There's a good many anatomical diagrams that go in more detail (eg- the clitoris) than I recall from my very basic biology textbooks. Everything about this book is innovative and very entertaining, going as far as to show step by step instructions of how to use various barrier methods for safe sex. There's flowcharts, to help the reader visualise the words and processes better.

Alongside that, there are crosswords, word searches, and areas to create dialogue with the reader and encourage them to come up with their own insights. The vocabulary wall at the end is also amazing. I urge parents and schools to go through this book and read it to children and teenagers, using it as a reference to build healthy conversation about these topics. I hope there's more to come from this author in a series.