Resources & Recommendations

Sex Positivity

• The Family Book, by Todd Parr (ages 3-6)​
• What Makes a Baby, by Cory Silverberg (ages 3-7)​
• What's the Big Secret? by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown (ages 4-8)​
• My Mom's Having a Baby! by Dori Hillestad Butler (ages 3-9)​
• It's Not the Stork! (ages 4-8)
• It's So Amazing,(ages 7-10)
• It's Perfectly Normal (ages 10+)    All by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley​
• Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up By by Heather Corinna , Isabella Rotman (9-14)​
• Dating Smarts: What Every Teen Needs To Know To Date, Relate by Amy Lang, MA​
• Sex, Teens, And Everything In Between by Shafia Zaloom​
• S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-To-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties by Heather Corinna​
• Beyond Birds and Bees: Bringing Home a New Message to Our Kids About Sex, Love, and Equality by Bonnie J. Rough (a must-read for parents -- the earlier the better)

Body Positivity

• Amanda’s Big Dream by Judith Matz (age 4+)​
• Your Body Is Awesome by Sigrun Danielsdottir (ages 4-7)​
• ​The Care and Keeping of You: Book 1 by Dr. Cara Natterson, (for girls ages 8+).​​
• ​​The Care and Keeping of You: Book 2 (The Book for Older Girls) by Dr. Cara Natterson (for girls 10+)​
• Celebrate Your Body 2 by Dr. Carrie Leff and Dr. Lisa Klein (for girls 10+)
• ​​Boy’s Body Book ​by Kelli Dunham (for boys 9-12)
• Being You: ​The Body Book for Boys by Charlotte Markey, et al. (for boys ages 10-15)​
• Period by Natalie Byrne (for tweens and up)​
• A Girl's Guide to Puberty & Periods (An illustrated book for girls 9-14) By Marni Sommer et al.

How to (Not) Manage Weight

• Your Child’s Weight: Helping without Harming, Birth through Adolescence. By Ellyn Satter​
• Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture By Virginia Sole-Smith
• Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating By Christy Harrison​​
• “I’m, Like, SO Fat!”: Helping Your Teen Make Healthy Choices about Eating and Exercise in a Weight-Obsessed World By Dianne Neumark-Sztainer​​
• Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight by Linda Bacon

Empowered Girls

Boys need to hear stories about strong, competent, adventurous girls too!

• Amazing Grace By Mary Hoffman (ages 3-5)​
• The Paperbag Princess By Robert Munsch (ages 4-7)​
• Chrysanthemum By Kevin Henkes (ages 4-8)​
• Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly By Alan Madison (ages 4-8)​
• Madam President The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politics By Catherine Thrimmesh (ages 6-9 years)​
• One Crazy Summer By Rita Williams Garcia (ages 8-12 years)​
• Free Period By Ali Terese (ages 8-12)
• Feminist AF: A Guide to Crushing Girlhood By Brittney Cooper et al (ages 13-18)​

BIOGRAPHY SERIES:​

• Ordinary People Change the World (ages 4-8)​
• Who Was...? biography series (ages 8-12)