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Books for Parents and Their Preteens
(Ages 9-13)

Books for Parents of Preteens (Ages 9-13)
Books for Preteens (Ages 9-13)

Books for Parents of Preteens (Ages 9-13)


Talking to Your Kids about Sex: A Go Parents! Guide, by Lauri Berkenkamp and Steven Atkins

Everything You NEVER Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They’d Ask), by Justin Richardson and Mark Schuster

Sex & Sensibility: The Thinking Parent’s Guide to Talking Sense about Sex, by Deborah Roffman

From Diapers to Dating: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children, by Debra Haffner

Books for Preteens (Ages 9-13)

It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health, by Robie Harris, Illustrated by Michael Emberley

It’s So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies and Families, by Robie Harris, Illustrated by Michael Emberley

The Amazing Life of Birds: The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech, by Gary Paulsen

The What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Boys: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons, by Lynda Madaras

The What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters, by Lynda Madaras

Ready, Set, Grow! A What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Younger Girls, by Lynda Madaras, Illustrated by Linda Davick

What’s Going On Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask, by Karen Gravelle

The Period Book: Everything You Don't Want to Ask (But Need to Know), by Karen Gravelle

Growing Up: It’s a Girl Thing
, by Mavis Jukes

"What’s Happening to Me?": A Guide to Puberty,  by Peter Mayle

The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls, by American Girl Library

Puberty’s Wild Ride, by Marta McCare & the Family Planning Council of PA

Period.: A Girl’s Guide, by Joanne Loulan and Bonnie Worthen, Illustrated by Chris Wold and Marcia Quakenbush

Hair in Funny Places, by Babette Cole

Changes in You & Me: A Book about Puberty Mostly for Boys, by Paulette Bourgeois & Martin Wolfish

The Guy Book: An Owner’s Manual, by Mavis Jukes

Let’s Talk About S-E-X: A Guide for Kids 9 to 12 and Their Parents, by Sam Gitchel & Lorri Foster

What’s the Big Secret?: Talking about Sex with Girls and Boys, by Laurie Krasney Brown

Asking about Sex and Growing Up: A Question-and-Answer Book for Boys and Girls, by Joanna Cole, Illustrated by Alan Tiegreen

Girl Stuff: A Survival Guide to Growing Up, by Margaret Blackston and Elissa Haden Guest, Illustrated by Barbara Pollak

Puberty Girl, by Shushann Movsessian