Recommended Reading

Here are our favorite books to share with kids and also expand your knowledge of body safety, body boundaries, abuse, domestic violence, puberty and more.

Body Boundaries

Your Body Belongs to You (1997)

by Cornelia Maude Spelman and Teri Weidner

My Body Belongs to Me From My Head to My Toes (2014)

by Dagmar Geisler

Some Parts are NOT for Sharing (2009)

by Julie K. Federico

I Said No! A Kid-to-Kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private (2016)

by Kimberly King and Zack King

 
 

Puberty / Sex

It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health (2014)

by Robie H. Harris

It’s NOT the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families, and Friends (2008)

by Robie H. Harris

Who Has What? All About Girls’ Bodies and Boys’ Bodies (2011)

by Robie H. Harris

Where Did I Come From? (2000)

by Peter Mayle

 
 

Abuse

A Tale Worth Telling (2002)

by Linda Grossman

Not in Room 204 (2017)

by Shannon Riggs

I Don’t Want to Go to Justin’s House Anymore (1999)

by Heather Klassen

Call Me Hope (2008)

by Gretchen Olson

Dear Corinne, Tell Somebody! Love, Annie: A Book About Secrets (1999)

by Mari Evans

In Love and Danger: A Teen’s Guide to Breaking Free of Abusive Relationships (2006)

by Barrie Levy

How Long Does it Hurt? A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their Families (2014)

by Cynthia L. Mather

Scars (2011)

by Cheryl Rainfield