Illustratör - Alaya Vindelman

Who is Alaya Vindelman ?

Alaya lives in Malmö and is a freelance illustrator and designer. She also works as a graphic design teacher at Fridhem folk high school and has previously been a guest teacher at Blekinge high school. ABC of the body is her first complete picture book.

"The illustrations have been fun to make as there have been so many details to take note of. It has also been an exciting challenge to create balance and diversity among all the people who come together in the book."

When Alaya is not drawing, she enjoys using her body in different ways. She has, among other things, taken part in several new circus performances as an aerial acrobat!

M as in period!

Menstruation can come from the nipple. Young children do not have periods, but older children and adults may. Menstruation consists of blood mixed with mucus and fluid from the uterus. The uterus sits inside the abdomen and is like a small balloon. About once a month, the walls of the uterus are covered with a soft mucous membrane so that a baby can grow there. If there is no baby, the mucous membrane is not needed, but it is emptied through the nipple as menstruation.