A Little Spot of Emotion Box Set by Diane Alber (Diane Alber Art LLC, 2020)
And That’s Their Family! by Kailee Coleman (Kailee Coleman Books, 2021)
C Is for Consent by Eleanor Morrison and Faye Orlove (Phonics with Finn, 2018)
Everyone Poops by Tarō Gomi (Chronicle Books, 2020)
The Feelings Book by Todd Parr (Little, Brown and Company, 2005)
Look Inside Your Body by Louie Stowell (Usborne Books, 2014)
What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth (Triangle Square, 2013)
Who Has What? All About Girls’ Bodies and Boys’ Bodies by Robie H. Harris and Nadine Bernard Westcott (Candlewick, 2011)
Your Body Belongs to You by Cornelia Maude Spelman and Teri Weidner (Albert Whitman & Company, 1997)
Middle Childhood (ages 7 to 11)
Books
The Boy’s Body Book: Everything You Need to Know for Growing Up!, 5th ed., by Kelli Dunham and Robert Anastas (Applesauce Press, 2019)
The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls, rev. ed., by Valorie Schaefer and Josee Masse (American Girl Library, 2012)
Consent (for Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of YOU by Rachel Brian (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2020)
The Girl’s Body Book: Everything Girls Need to Know for Growing Up!, 5th ed., by Kelli Dunham, Laura Tallardy, and Robert Anastas (Applesauce Press, 2019)
Illumanatomy by Kate Davies and Carnovsky (Wide Eyed Editions, 2017)
It’s NOT the Stork! A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families, and Friends by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley (Candlewick, 2008)
My Mind Is a Mountain (Mi mente es una montaña) by Cindy Montenegro and Nqobile Adigun (Lil’ Libros, 2022)
Professor Astro Cat’s Human Body Odyssey by Dominic Walliman (Flying Eye Books, 2018)
Adolescence (ages 12 to 18)
Books
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret., by Judy Blume (Bradbury Press, 1970)
The Care and Keeping of You 2: The Body Book for Older Girls by Cara Natterson and Josee Masse (American Girl Publishing, 2013)
Consent: The New Rules of Sex Education by Jennifer Lang, MD (Althea Press, 2018)
Dating and Sex: A Guide for the 21st Century Teen Boy by Andrew P. Smiler (Margination Press, 2016)
Doing It! by Hannah Witton (Sourcebooks Fire, 2018)
Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth (Arthur A. Levine Books, 2022)
Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys by Cara Natterson and Micah Player (American Girl Publishing, 2017)
It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, Gender, and Sexual Health by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley (Candlewick, 2021)
The Pride Guide: A Guide to Sexual and Social Health for LGBTQ Youth by Jo Langford (Roman & Littlefield, 2018)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend (HarperTeen, 2003)
S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-to-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties by Heather Corinna (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2016)
For Caregivers
Books
Forty Fathers: Men Talk about Parenting by Tessa Lloyd (Douglas & McIntyre, 2020)
How to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection to Build Good Men by Michael C. Reichert (Tarcher Perigee, 2020)
How to Raise a Wild Child by Scott D. Sampson (Mariner, 2016)
Momma Cusses: A Field Guide to Responsive Parenting & Trying Not to Be the Reason Your Kid Needs Therapy by Gwenna Laithland (St. Martin’s Essentials, 2024)
The New Puberty: How to Navigate Early Development in Today’s Girls by Louise Greenspan, MD, and Julianna Deardorff, PhD (Rodale Books, 2015)
The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired by Daniel J. Siegel, MD, and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD (Ballantine Books, 2021)
