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BOOKS ABOUT SEXUALITY, CONSENT, REPRODUCTION, BIRTH AND BODIES FOR KIDS

The Every Body Book: The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families By Rachel E. Simon, Noah Grigni (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Rachel E. Simon, Noah Grigni (Illustrator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781787751736
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - June 18th, 2020

AASECT Book Award for Children under 18 years old

American Library Association 2021 Rainbow Book List Top 10 Title for Young Readers


Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!): The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls By Sonya Renee Taylor, Bianca I. Laureano (Foreword by) Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9781641521666
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Published: Rockridge Press - May 29th, 2018

A body-positive guide to help girls ages 8 to 12 navigate the changes of puberty and grow into women

Puberty can be a difficult time for a young girl—and it's natural not to know who (or what) to ask. Celebrate Your Body is a reassuring puberty book for girls that encourages them to face puberty and their body's changes with excitement and empowerment.


Celebrate Your Body 2: The Ultimate Puberty Book for Preteen and Teen Girls By Dr. Carrie Leff, Dr. Lisa Klein Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9781641525756
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Published: Rockridge Press - November 19th, 2019

Discover your body's awesomeness with a puberty guide for tween and teen girls ages 10 to 18

Puberty is one of the first signs that you're growing up—and that's something to be celebrated.


Bodies Are Cool By Tyler Feder, Tyler Feder (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Tyler Feder, Tyler Feder (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593112625
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Published: Rocky Pond Books - June 1st, 2021

This cheerful love-your-body picture book for preschoolers is an exuberant read-aloud with bright and friendly illustrations to pore over.
 


The Bare Naked Book By Kathy Stinson, Meilssa Cho (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kathy Stinson, Meilssa Cho (Illustrator)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781773214726
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Published: Annick Press - March 9th, 2021

Bodies, bodies Big and small, short and tall, young and old--Every BODY is different

The Bare Naked Book has been a beloved fixture in libraries, classrooms, and at-home story times since its original publication in 1986. Now, this revised edition is ready to meet a new generation of readers.


Love Your Body: Your body can do amazing things... By Jessica Sanders, Carol Rossetti (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jessica Sanders, Carol Rossetti (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780711252424
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Published: Frances Lincoln Children's Books - March 3rd, 2020

* 2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Books *

What if every young girl loved her body? Love Your Body encourages you to admire and celebrate your body for all the amazing things it can do (like laugh, cry, hug, and feel) and to help you see that you are so much more than your body.


Bodies come in all different forms and abilities.


How You Came to Be By Carole Gerber, Sawsan Chalabi (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Carole Gerber, Sawsan Chalabi (Illustrator)
$17.99
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ISBN: 9780593225738
Published: Rise x Penguin Workshop - April 5th, 2022

This love letter written from mother to child invites readers to experience a baby's month-by-month development in the womb as compared to familiar fruits and vegetables.

A mother lovingly describes the sizes and stages of her baby's month-by-month development inside the womb, and the amazement of experiencing it from the outside.

Look at you - as big as a banana!


Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up By Heather Corinna, Luke Howard (With), Isabella Rotman Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9781620106594
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Published: Limerence Press - September 3rd, 2019

From Heather Corinna, founder and director of Scarleteen.com, and Isabella Rotman, cartoonist and sex educator, comes a graphic novel guide that covers essential topics for preteens and young teens about their changing bodies and feelings.

Join friends Malia, Rico, Max, Sam and Alexis as they talk about all the weird and exciting parts of growing up!


Puberty Is Gross but Also Really Awesome By Gina Loveless, Lauri Johnston (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Gina Loveless, Lauri Johnston (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781635653533
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Published: Rodale Kids - March 23rd, 2021

A first-of-its-kind inclusive puberty guide that celebrates the good and completely awful parts of puberty. Filled with jokes and countless facts to put this stage in perspective--this book is bound to be every kid's new best friend!


What Makes a Baby By Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth (Illustrator)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781609804855
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Published: Triangle Square - May 7th, 2013

Finalist for the 2014 Lambda Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult

What Makes a Baby is extraordinary! Cory is a Dr. Spock for the 21st century.”—Susie Bright


Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU By Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth (Illustrator)
$25.95
ISBN: 9781609806064
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Published: Triangle Square - July 28th, 2015

2016 Winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction 

2016 ALA Stonewall Book Award, Honor Book


2016 ALA Notable Children's Book


You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things By Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth Cover Image
$29.95
ISBN: 9781644210802
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Published: Triangle Square - April 12th, 2022

2023 ALA RAINBOW BOOK LIST
WINNER 2023 DOUG WRIGHT AWARD

A completely new approach to learning about puberty, sex, and gender for kids 10+. Here is the much-anticipated third book in the trilogy that started with the award-winning What Makes a Baby and Sex Is a Funny Word


It's Not the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends (The Family Library) By Robie H. Harris, Michael Emberley (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Robie H. Harris, Michael Emberley (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9780763633318
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Published: Candlewick - August 26th, 2008

"In their previous landmark volumes . . . Harris and Emberley established themselves as the purveyors of reader-friendly, straightforward information on human sexuality for readers as young as seven. Here they successfully tackle the big questions . . . for even younger kids." – The Horn Book (starred review)


It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (The Family Library) By Robie H. Harris, Michael Emberley (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Robie H. Harris, Michael Emberley (Illustrator)
$14.99
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ISBN: 9780763668747
Published: Candlewick - August 8th, 2014

“An outstanding book. . . . Meets the needs of those in-between or curious kids who are not ready, developmentally or emotionally, for It’s Perfectly Normal.Booklist (starred review)


It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, Gender, and Sexual Health (The Family Library) By Robie H. Harris, Michael Emberley (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Robie H. Harris, Michael Emberley (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN: 9781536207217
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Published: Candlewick - May 18th, 2021

Fully and fearlessly updated, this vital new edition of the acclaimed book on sex, sexuality, bodies, and puberty deserves a spot in every family’s library.


Who Has What?: All About Girls' Bodies and Boys' Bodies (Let's Talk about You and Me) By Robie H. Harris, Nadine B. Westcott (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780763629311
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Published: Candlewick - September 13th, 2011

First in the “Let's Talk About You and Me" series.


You Be You!: The Kid's Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family By Jonathan Branfman, Julie Benbassat (Illustrator) Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781787750104
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - July 18th, 2019

Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Gold Medal Winner

This is an illustrated children's book for ages 7-11 that makes gender identity, sexual orientation and family diversity easy to explain to children.


Amazing You!: Getting Smart About Your Private Parts By Dr. Gail Saltz, Lynne Avril Cravath (Illustrator) Cover Image
$8.99
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ISBN: 9780142410585
Published: Puffin Books - January 31st, 2008

Mom, where do babies come from?? Many parents live in fear of the day their child asks this question?which inevitably happens, often as early as the preschool years. Here is a picture book designed especially for young children who are becoming aware of their bodies, but aren?t ready to learn about sexual intercourse. Written with warmth and honesty, Amazing You!


Changing You!: A Guide to Body Changes and Sexuality By Dr. Gail Saltz, Lynne Avril Cravath (Illustrator) Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780142414798
Published: Puffin Books - September 17th, 2009

An honest and reassuring guide to puberty for elementary school children

Puberty can be an exciting?and confusing?time for children. In the follow-up to her bestselling Amazing You!, Dr. Gail Saltz navigates the curiosity and confusion that youngsters feel as they start to notice the changes their bodies undergo.


What's the Big Secret?: Talking about Sex with Girls and Boys By Laurie Krasny Brown, Marc Brown (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Laurie Krasny Brown, Marc Brown (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9780316101837
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - April 1st, 2000

Simple, straightforward, and age-appropriate answers to kids' most common questions about sex, the human body, reproduction, and development.

Are boys and girls different on the inside? How do you tell girls and boys apart? Do girls and boys have the same feelings? Is sex a dirty word? Where do babies come from? What does being pregnant mean? How do you get a belly button?


Ready, Set, Grow!: A What's Happening to My Body? Book for Younger Girls By Lynda Madaras, Linda Davick Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9781557045652
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - July 14th, 2003

Ready, Set, Grow!

In her uniquely warm and funny style, Lynda wrote this entirely new book especially for younger girls to give them what they need to know to celebrate and accept the new and exciting changes that are happening to their bodies during puberty.


On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow!: A
$15.99
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ISBN: 9781557047816
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - February 13th, 2008

Hi. My name is Lynda Madaras. I write books about growing up. I get tons of letters from boys. They tell me just what they’re thinking. They ask questions. Many of the things they say are here in this book. Many of their questions are here, too, along with my answers. So boys like you helped to write this book.


The Boy's Body Book (Fifth Edition): Everything You Need to Know for Growing Up! (Boys & Girls Body Books) By Kelli Dunham, RN, BSN, Steve Bjorkman (Illustrator), Robert Anastas (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Kelli Dunham, RN, BSN, Steve Bjorkman (Illustrator), Robert Anastas (Foreword by)
$12.95
ISBN: 9781604338324
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Published: Applesauce Press - May 7th, 2019

The #1 bestselling Boy’s Body Book includes everything you need to know about growing up, even the embarrassing stuff. The newly updated fifth edition provides advice for parents and addresses questions a pre-teen boy may have while maturing through puberty.

Everything is changing! How will you survive this trying time in your life?


The Girl's Body Book (Fifth Edition): Everything Girls Need to Know for Growing Up! (Boys & Girls Body Books) By Kelli Dunham, RN, BSN, Laura Tallardy (Illustrator), Robert Anastas (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Kelli Dunham, RN, BSN, Laura Tallardy (Illustrator), Robert Anastas (Foreword by)
$12.95
ISBN: 9781604338331
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Published: Applesauce Press - May 7th, 2019

A guide to help preteen girls navigate the changes and challenges of puberty and growing up.

From periods to peer pressure, puberty is hard! This newly updated fifth edition helps prepare young girls and their parents for the ups and downs of puberty, middle school, and everything in between.


The Period Book: A Girl's Guide to Growing Up By Karen Gravelle, Jennifer Gravelle, Debbie Palen (Illustrator) Cover Image
$13.99
ISBN: 9781619636620
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Published: Bloomsbury USA Childrens - June 20th, 2017

This bestselling, essential illustrated guidebook for adolescent girls is a trusty friend that can help girls feel confident about this new phase of their lives.

What is my period exactly? Do I need to see a doctor? What does it feel like to wear a pad? What if I get my period at school?


The Autism-Friendly Guide to Periods By Robyn Steward Cover Image
$20.85
ISBN: 9781785923241
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Published: Jessica Kingsley Publishers - April 18th, 2019

Written by autistic author Robyn Steward, this is a detailed guide for young people aged 9 to 16 on the basics of menstruation. Created in consultation with young people, an online survey and a group of medical professionals, this is a book that teaches all people about periods, which can be a scary and overwhelming issue.


Tell Me about Sex, Grandma (Ordinary Terrible Things) By Anastasia Higginbotham, Anastasia Higginbotham (Illustrator) Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781948340427
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Published: Dottir Press - October 19th, 2021

Patiently forthcoming with lessons your parents redacted, this book about sex for kids starts a necessary conversation that stresses consent, sex positivity, and the right to be curious about your body.


Making a Baby By Rachel Greener, Clare Owen (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Rachel Greener, Clare Owen (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593324851
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Published: Dial Books - June 22nd, 2021

This inclusive guide to how every family begins is an honest, cheerful tool for conversations between parents and their young ones.


Nine Months: Before a Baby is Born By Miranda Paul, Jason Chin (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Miranda Paul, Jason Chin (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9780823449385
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Published: Neal Porter Books - May 4th, 2021

Join a family of three who spend nine whole months waiting, from a frosty winter through a sun-dappled summer, until finally . . . a baby is here. Now in paperback.

A Boston Globe - Horn Book Honor Recipient
An NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students
A Capitol Choices Noteworthy Title


Consent (for Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of YOU (A Be Smart About Book #1) By Rachel Brian Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780316457736
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - January 7th, 2020

With clear explanations, fun illustrations, and expertly-presented information, Consent (for Kids!) is an empowering introduction to consent, bodily autonomy, and respect for yourself and others.


Miles Is the Boss of His Body By Samantha Kurtzman-Counter, Abbie Schiller Cover Image
$12.95
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ISBN: 9780989407137
Published: Mother Company - September 16th, 2014

The latest installment in The Mother Company's award-winning MILES series, Miles Is The Boss Of His Body is a fun, engaging way to explore the potentially difficult topic of kids personal safety.


C is for Consent By Eleanor Morrison, Faye Orlove (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Eleanor Morrison, Faye Orlove (Illustrator)
$14.95
ISBN: 9780999890806
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Published: Phonics with Finn - May 1st, 2018