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, they teach on topics including sex and disability, sex and technology, and pleasure, inclusion, and access across North America. Silverberg is the co-author of the "Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability" and since 2005 has been the Sexuality Guide for About.com. Silverberg's children's book ''What Makes a Baby'' was the most funded children's book project on

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to date, and was released in 2012. In May 2015,

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published ''Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU'', which

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described as a "candid, inclusive, stereotype-defying, and absolutely wonderful primer on sexuality and gender". In

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, Tara-Michelle Ziniuk compared the colourful nonfiction book to a "literary Magic School Bus of sex ed". Silverberg graduated from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, from which they received a master's of education.

Books

*''The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability'' (2003; OCLC ) *''What Makes a Baby'' (2012; OCLC ) *''Sex is a Funny Word'' (2015; OCLC )

Awards

* 2014 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist for ''What Makes a Baby'' in LGBT Children/Young Adult * 2016 Stonewall Book Award Honor Book in Children's and Young Adult Literature for ''Sex is a Funny Word'' * 2016 American Library Association Notable Children's Book Award for ''Sex is a Funny Word'' * 2016

Norma Fleck Award The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction is a lucrative literary award founded in May 1999 by the Fleck Family Foundation and the Canadian Children's Book Centre, and presented to the year's best non-fiction book for a youth aud ...

for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction for ''Sex is a Funny Word'' * 2016 Joe Shuster Award/ Canada's National Comic Book Award Nominee for ''Sex is a Funny Word'' * 2016 Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens Award for ''Sex is a Funny Word'' * 2016 Association for Library Service to Children Notable Book for ''Sex is a Funny Word'' * 2016 Rainbow Book List for '' Sex is a Funny Word''

References

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