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Getting her the book is a fantastic idea. If you're looking for another book that deals not only with periods but with body/hormonal/life changes, I'm a fan of the What's Happening to Me? series. It deals well with body changes and the beginning of puberty, but doesn't touch on subjects that are probably not yet interesting to a ten-year-old, like dating and questioning religion, vegetarianism...standard teen things that are dealt with really well in, for example, Deal With It! A Guide to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a Gurl.
As for the tampons/pads questions, I'll just second what everyone else has said. Start with pads and introduce tampons, giving her lots of different options as far as size goes. They make slender-size regular-absorbency tampons aimed at younger teens, and that might be a good place to start (Tampax and Playtex make them, I believe.)
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