Periods: Everything You Need to Know

Periods: Everything You Need to Know is the go-to guide for modern tweens, teens and beyond about all things period.

From Emily MacDonagh, doctor and children’s book author.

Dr Emily takes on periods. This book won’t just focus on the week of your period – it will go into detail on what happens on each day of the cycle, how the hormones change across the month and bust any period myths you might have heard. Every body is hormonal, and that is actually a good thing.

In Periods: Everything You Need to Know, discover:

What actually happens during each cycleHow your body is affected by hormones and how these control the way your monthly cycle worksWhat period products are on the market right now, and which ones might work for you.

Periods: Everything You Need to Know is your no-nonsense guide to all things period.

From the Publisher

Written by Dr Emily MacDonagh

Dr Emily MacDonagh is a practising NHS doctor. She speaks regularly in the media about physical and mental health matters, particularly those affecting young people.

Periods: Everything You Need to Know is her fifth children’s book, a go-to guide for modern tweens, teens and beyond about all things period.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 15 Jan. 2026
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0702323535
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0702323539
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 230 g
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 – 11 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.2 x 1 x 20.8 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 2,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 2 in Children’s LGBTQ+ Books 3 in Raising Teenagers 5 in Children’s Nonfiction on Sexuality & Pregnancy