Growing Up Informed by Lela Moore

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A gender-inclusive guide to conception, pregnancy, and birth, aimed at young children and appropriate for all ages.

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A classic for a reason, and recently re-released for its 25th anniversary, this book arms tweens with all the information about changing bodies, changing minds, and changing friendships.

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Picking up where the first volume left off, this 10-year-old classic in its own right hands middle-schoolers who identify as girls more information about the changes in their bodies and emotions during puberty.

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This comic book centers conversation and communication among kids and their grownups about all things puberty. It was the 20th most-challenged book in the U.S. between 2000-2019, according to the American Library Association.

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For tweens and young teens who identify as boys, this compatriot to The Care and Keeping of You franchise offers a frank take on puberty's changes as well as the big emotions of this age.

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This is a puberty book with a social conscience, providing teens with gender-inclusive advice on consent and agency along with the fundamentals of sexual health.

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The actress and Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik, who also holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience, puts a scientific twist on puberty for those identifying as girls.

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Neuroscientist (really!) Mayim Bialik, also known as an actress and Jeopardy! host, gives those identifying as boys a puberty primer as well.

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Robie Harris interviewed pediatricians and her own children to write this primer for tweeens and young teens about every facet of sexual health. The most recent edition includes information about staying safe online.

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This graphic nonfiction tome provides a comprehensive look at being a teenager today, covering everything from gender identity to friendships to sexting. It was the ninth most-challenged book in the country in 2023, according to the American Library Association.

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A comprehensive and inclusive guide to sex education from the founder of the website Scarleteen.

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Billed as an "instruction manual" for coming out LGBTQ+, this book features interviews with people across the spectrum and plenty of practical coming-of-age advice. This was the 53rd most-challenged book in the U.S. between 2010-2019, according to the American Library Association.

Amaze

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Amaze has a library of videos covering topics from puberty's body changes to relationships to sexual and gender identity, all aimed at kids.

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While Nova's Parentalogic series mostly targets, yes, parents, there are some videos like this one about puberty made for parents and children to watch together.

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The authors of This Is So Awkward, a puberty primer for grownups with kids going through it, also have a podcast that kids and adults can listen to together and use as discussion fodder. Natterson, one of the hosts, is also the author of The Care and Keeping of You 2 and Guy Stuff.

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Another option for family listening, this podcast hosted by health educator Lori Reichel is frank but supportive.

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Planet Puberty aims to support families raising teens with disabilities through puberty.

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This installment of PBS's Be Smart science series is an in-depth look at why your body's endocrine system causes puberty to begin and the changes it effects.

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This is a book about bodies, and everything that makes them special. It goes into depth about how babies are made (hence the title) but also answers kids' questions about various body parts and what, exactly, they are for in a straightforward manner.

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This is sex ed for the middle-grade set. Informative and laid out like a graphic novel, it's completely grounded in science and treats the material like the amazing process it is.

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Heather Corinna, founder of Scarleteen, uses the graphic novel format to great effect to help young teenagers navigate puberty, with a focus on social media, boundaries, and consent beyond the usual subjects.

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Body image issues are not the exclusive domain of those who identify as girls, and this book takes a science-based approach to discussing how everyone's body is different.

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Styled like a middle-school yearbook, this guide talks tweens and teens through all the gnarliest parts of puberty with a big sense of humor.

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Written by a Harvard student, this book talks about the movement to end the stigma around periods.

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HelloFlo founder Naama Bloom gives anyone with a period the knowledge they need to get through it with a sense of humor intact.