‘My Dear Period is a delightful, playful and engaging guidebook full of very useful, fun information to support young girls with their first period. It is written with so much love and care, everyone who reads it will feel it.’
Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, authors of Wild Power
This is such an incredible and valuable book. Amazingly beautiful. All mothers, grandmothers, aunts and women with a young person in their lives should buy it for them. I wish I had something like this when I had my first period!
My Dear Period is a delightful, playful and engaging guidebook full of very useful, fun information to support young girls with their first period.
It is written with so much love and care, everyone who reads it will feel it.
This is a beautiful, imaginative and enchanting guide to the experiences of menstruation. It is written with love and exquisitely illustrated by Elena. I warmly recommend this tender, friendly guide to all girls and young people who are about to begin menstruating.
Those who have been menstruating for a while, and the parents, teachers and caregivers of young people at the gates of puberty are also likely to find the kindly perspectives and artistic presentation of this charming book very helpful. Thank you, Elena, for bringing this precious resource into the world!
My Dear Period is a mighty contribution to the smashing of the period taboo cause and, importantly, dedicated to those at the very beginning of their menstrual life, giving girls the opportunity to develop a forward-looking experience of the menstrual cycle characterised by confidence, knowledge and agency.
In My Dear Period Elena Riu invites girls, and those alongside them, to a rich and engrossing journey through all thing’s puberty and periods. Not only does this provide a potent antidote to shame and taboo, but most importantly it offers a positive, well-informed perspective that warmly welcomes girls into the world of menstrual cycling and life in a female body.
Simply put this is a delightful and thoughtful book that honours this quintessential experience and offers many hours of fascination, fun, and rewarding return visits.
This book is a perfect introduction to the menstrual cycle for our daughters. Elena weaves science, practical self-care tips, stories from other cultures, craft and interesting information together with beautiful illustrations, creating an engaging and inspiring invitation to the menstrual cycle for girls of every age!
Thank you, Elena, for creating this fabulous book that teaches us everything we need to know about menstrual cycle and our bodies!
For many months I have been wondering how to help the desperate plight of young girls in Afghanistan, denied the most basic rights, including the right to an education.
I am happy to share that since February 2025, I have been collaborating with the Linda Norgrove Foundation who last year manage to take 90 female medical students out of Afghanistan.
8% of book sales will help sponsor 50 places for young girls at Gawharshad School to cover tuition fees & stationary supplies. When you buy my book you won’t just be helping a girl close to you but also many other girls living under the throes of the Taliban regime.
