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