Periods: Everything You Need to Know

Author: Dr Emily MacDonagh

Interest age: from c 9 years

Published on 15 January 2026 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 96 pages
209 x 142 x 9 | 234g

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 cycle

How your body is affected by hormones and how these control the

way your monthly cycle works

What 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.