BOOKS FOR PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY CHILDREN

Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle, published by Lyle Stuart (also available on video).
What’s Happening To Me? (Companion, also available on video).

Where Do Babies Come From? by Margaret Sheffield, published by Jonathan Cape.

The Very Touching Book by Jan Hindman, published by Alex Andria Association.
(talks about "good", "bad" and "secret touching" without giving a negative connotation to sexuality, genitalia or the child).

Outside In and See How You Grow by Clare Smallman, E. Riddell and Dr. Patricia Pearse,
published by Newmarket.

Belly Buttons Are Navels by Mark Schoen, published by Prometheus.

What’s Inside? Baby by Alison Weir (ed.), published by Grolier (Toronto).

The Bare Naked Book by Kathy Stinson, published by Annick.

Brian Was Adopted by Doris Sanford, published by Multnomak.

Come Sit By Me by Margaret Merrifield, published by Women’s Press.
(exceptional book about AIDS with great color pictures, also available on video).

Morning Light by Margaret Merrifield, published by Stoddart.
(talks about parents who are HIV positive, and deals with a tragedy in a most helpful way).

What’s A Virus, Anyway? The Kids’ Book About AIDS by Dr. David Fassler and Kelly McQueen,
published by Waterfront.

AIDS, You Can’t Catch It Holding Hands by Niki de Saint Phalle, published by Lapis Press.

Waiting For Baby Joe by Pat Lowery Collins, published by Albert Whitman and Company.


BOOKS FOR CHILDREN IN PUBERTY

What’s Happening To Me? By Peter Mayle, published by Lyle Stuart.

Growing Up-- It’s a Girl Thing: Straight talk about first bras, first periods, and your changing body and It’s A Girl Thing: How to Stay Healthy, Safe and In Charge. by Mavis Jukes, published by Alfred A. Knopf.

Stick Up For Yourself! Every Kid’s Guide to Personal Power and Positive Self-Esteem, by L. Raphael and G. Kaufman, published by Free Spirit.

What’s Happening to My Body? For Girls/For Boys (A Growing Up Guide For Parents and
Daughters/Sons) by Lynda Madaras, published by Newmarket Press.

It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up and Sexual Health and It’s Amazing! by Robie H. Harris, published by Candlewick Press.

Changes In You by Peggy C. Siegel, published by Family Life Education
Associates.

What Makes Me Feel This Way? Growing Up With Human Emotions by Eda Le Shan, published
by Aladdin Books.