# Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and You - Hardcover

by **Cory Silverberg** (Author), **Fiona Smyth** (Illustrator)

**2016 Winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction**

2016 ALA Stonewall Book Award, Honor Book  
  
**2016 ALA Notable Children's Book**

A comic book for kids that includes children and families of all makeups, orientations, and gender identities, _Sex Is a Funny Word_ is an essential resource about bodies, gender, and sexuality for children ages 8 to 10 as well as their parents and caregivers. Much more than the "facts of life" or "the birds and the bees," _Sex Is a Funny Word_ opens up conversations between young people and their caregivers in a way that allows adults to convey their values and beliefs while providing information about boundaries, safety, and joy.

The eagerly anticipated follow up to Lambda-nominated _What Makes a Baby,_ from sex educator **Cory Silverberg** and artist **Fiona Smyth**, _Sex Is a Funny Word_ reimagines "sex talk" for the twenty-first century.

### Author Biography

Raised by a children's librarian and a sex therapist, **CORY SILVERBERG** split the difference and grew up to be a sexuality educator and writer. With an academic background in education and counseling psychology, he has developed and facilitated workshops for hundreds of agencies across North America, working on a range of topics including sexuality and disability, sexual pleasure, and sexual communication. He is the coauthor of _The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability_, and since 2005 he has worked as the Sexuality Guide for About.com. In 2012, Silverberg developed a book project--_What Makes a Baby?_\--that became the best-funded children's book on Kickstarter. He subsequently signed a three-book deal with Seven Stories Press to produce a series of inclusive children's books about gender and sexuality. Silverberg lives in New York City.

**FIONA SMYTH** is a Toronto-based painter, illustrator, and cartoonist. Her first graphic novel, _The Never Weres_, was published by Annick Press in 2011. Fiona's comic _Cheez_ was published in _Exclaim!_ magazine for almost ten years, and her comic _Fazooz_ was in _Vice_ for eight years. Fiona teaches illustration and comics at OCAD U in Toronto.

**Number of Pages:** 160

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 9.1 x 7.5 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** July 28, 2015

**Award:** Stonewall Book Award (2016)

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