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