Monthly Flower

Name: Monthly Flower
SKU: 85568
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₦5,000.00

Monthly Flower is an enlightening and empowering book by Ololade Akintoye, that serves as an invaluable guide for young girls embarking on the transformative journey of puberty and periods.

In this comprehensive book, tweens and teens are introduced to the intricacies of puberty and a deeper knowledge of menstruation, with essential tips from preparing for their first period to subsequent period management and handling every emotion in between.

With sensitivity and clarity, Monthly Flower debunks myths and addresses crucial topics such as personal and menstrual hygiene, creating healthy boundaries, tracking menstrual cycles, utilising suitable menstrual products, combating period stigma, and promoting body positivity. It illuminates the connection between periods and hormones, with key learnings on PMS and managing menstrual symptoms.

Engaging and interactive, Monthly Flower features brain teasers, affirmations, word search puzzles, and journalling prompts, ensuring an immersive reading experience. It also provides practical resources such as a period tracker calendar and step-by-step DIY instructions for making reusable cloth pads, thus encouraging an eco-friendly approach and empowering readers to take control of their own well-being.

With its depth and breadth, Monthly Flower not only serves as the perfect guide for girls on this ride through puberty, but it also offers key insights to parents and policymakers on how to empower, support, nurture, and equip girls with the knowledge and tools needed to embrace this journey with dignity and confidence.

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About the Author

Ololade Akintoye is a Nigerian-born author, brand communicator, and multifaceted writer, who is passionate about lending her voice to social issues in the society, especially those affecting women and the girl child.

She creatively weaves her writing around causes that will tug at your heartstrings and inspire you to seek and take positive actions and changes.

In 2009, she published an Academic Paper on the ‘The Role of The Mass Media in the Curtailment of FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) in Nigeria’ which was presented at the Idowu Sobowale Conference on Media, Governance, and Development in Africa, held in Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State Nigeria, where she also graduated from the department of Mass Communications.

Ololade has also written several articles, scripts, short stories, and poems.

She published her debut fiction novel, Brimstones & Rainbows: Memoirs of a Child Bride, under the Prima Imprint of Narrative Landscape Press in 2020 and her debut poetry collection, Emerging, a narrative free-verse collection, in May 2021, which she hopes will inspire every woman out there to be the best version of themselves.

As a brand manager and marketing professional, she combines her literary talent with her expertise. Through her works, she consistently advocates for change and has made a tangible impact.

Her latest book, Monthly Flower, published in 2024, a comprehensive guide to puberty and periods for tweens and teen girls, is a testament to her passion demonstrating a commitment to equipping young girls with knowledge, fostering confidence, and contributing to a more informed and empowered generation.

Ololade’s commitment to social causes and her impactful writing have positioned her as a force for change in the world of literature and society at large.