Education & Resources

Resource Books

For Teenagers/Young Adults and Their Families

• On Being Gay: Thoughts on Family, Faith and Love by Brian McNaught (MG)
• Lynda Madaras Talks to Teens About AIDS by Lynda Madaras (MG)
• No is Not Enough by C. Adams, J. Fay, and J Loreen-Martin (MG)
• Nobody Told Me it Was Rape by Caren Adams and Jennifer Fay (MG)
• So What's It to Me? by G. Stringer and D. Rants-Rodriguez (MG)
• One Teenager in Ten: Writings by Gay and Lesbian Youth with Ann Heron, editor (MG)
• The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality: An Essential Handbook for Today's Teens and Parents by Michael J. Basso (SEICUS)
• Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth and Their Allies by Ellen Bass and Kate Kaufman (SEICUS)
• Straight from the Heart by Carol Cassell (MG)
• Teenage Sexual Health by Amelia M. Withington, David A. Grimes, Robert A. Hatcher (MG)
• Changing Bodies, Changing Lives by Ruth Bell and Leni Ziegler Wildflower (MG, SEICUS)
• Growing Up Feeling Good by Ellen Rosenberg (MG)
• The Teenage Body Book Guide to Sexuality by Kathy McCoy (MG)

For Preteens/New Teenagers and Their Families

• Asking About Sex and Growing Up - Joanna Cole (SEICUS)
• What's Happening to my Body? For Boys/For Girls - Lynda Madaras (MG, ASSET, SEICUS)
• My Body, My Self (Companion workbook to What's Happening to My Body?) - Lynda Madaras and Area Madaras (SEICUS)
• My Body, My Self for Boys - see above - Lynda Madaras and Area Madaras (SEICUS)
• What's Happening to Me? - Peter Mayle (SEICUS)
• It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up & Sexual Health - Robie Harris (MG, ASSET, SEICUS)
• Caution: Do Not Open Until Puberty!: An Introduction to Sexuality for Young Adults with Disabilities - Rick Enright (SIECUS)
• Changes in You and Me: A Book About Puberty Mostly For Boys - Paulette Bourgeois & Martin Wolfish (ASSET, SIECUS)
• Changes in You and Me: A Book About Puberty Mostly For Girls - Paulette Bourgeois & Martin Wolfish (ASSET, SIECUS)
• Dear Larissa: Sexuality Education for Girls Ages 11-17 - Cynthia Akagi (SIECUS)
• Dear Michael: Sexuality Education for Girls Ages 11-17 - Cynthia Akagi (SIECUS)
• Easy for You to Say: Q&As for Teens Living with Chronic Illness or Disability - Miriam Kaufman (SEICUS)
• It's A Girl Thing: How To Stay Healthy and In Charge - Mavis Jukes (ASSET)
• You're in Charge: A Teenage Girl's Guide to Sex and Her Body - Neils H. Lauersen and Eileen Stukane (SEICUS)
• Girltalk: All the Stuff Your Sister Never Told You - Carol Weston (SEICUS)
• Period - JoAnn Gardner-Loulan, Bonnie Lopez, and Marcia Quackenbush
• The Period Book: Everything You Don't Want to Ask (But Need to Know) - Karen Gravelle and Jennifer Gravelle (SEICUS)
• Sex and Sense - Gary F. Kelly (SEICUS)
• The Teen Trip: The Complete Resource Guide - Gayle Kimball (SEICUS)
• The Watts Teen Health Dictionary - Charlotte Isler, and Alwyn Cohall (SEICUS)
• How Sex Works - Elizabeth Fenwick and Richard Walker (SEICUS)
• I'm Pregnant, Now What Do I Do? - Robert Buckingham and Mary Derby (SEICUS)
• Finding Our Way: The Teen Girls' Survival Guide - Allison Abner & Linda Villarosa (ASSET)
• Finding Your Way: A Book About Sexual Ethics - Susan Neiburg Terkel (SEICUS)
• Sex Stuff of Kids 7 - 17 Carole Marsh (MG) Let's Talk About S-E-X: A Read-and-Discuss Guide for People 9-12 and Their Parents
• Talk About Sex - booklet for teens from SEICUS (MG)
• The Families Book: Ture Stories of Real Kids and the People They Live With and Love - Arlene Erlbach (ASSET)
• How Would You Feel if Your Dad Was Gay? - Ann Heron & Meredith Maran (ASSET)
• Is It a Choice? Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gays and Lesbians - Eric Marcus (ASSET)
• Out With It: Gay and Straight Teens Write About Homosexuality Youth Communication

For Elementary School/Middle School Children and Their Families

• It's Perfectly Normal: Growing Up, Changing Bodies and Sexual Health - Robie Harris (MG, ASSET, TWK)
• A Very Touching Book - Jan Hindman (MG)
• Loving Touches - Lori Freeman (MG)
• It's My Body - Lori Freeman (MG)
• My Body is Private - Linda Walvoord Girard (ASSET)
• Heather Has Two Mommies - Leslea Newman (MG)
• The New Baby at Your House - Joanna Cole (ASSET)
• Daddy's Roommate - Michael Willhoite (MG)
• How Babies and Families are Made - Patricia Schaffer
  (MG)
• A Little Bird Told Me About My Feelings - Marcia Morgan (MG)
• Feelings: Inside You and Out Loud, Too - Barbara Polland (ASSET)
• The Duke Who Outlawed Jellybeans - Johnny Valentine (ASSET)

For Parents and Families

• Beyond the Birds and the Bees - Beverly Engel
• Talking With Your Teenager - Ruth Bell and Leni Ziegler Wildflower (MG)
• Sex is More Than a Plumbing Lesson: A Parent's Guide to Sexuality Education for Infants Through the Teen Years - Patty Stark (TWK, SEICUS)
• How to Talk to Your Child About Sexuality - PPFA (MG)
• How to Talk to Your Child About Sex - Linda and Richard Eyre (TWK)
• How to Talk with Your Chlid About AIDS - SEICUS and New York University (MG)
• Talking with Your Child About Sex - Mary S. Calderone and James W. Ramey (MG)
• It's Perfectly Normal: Growing Up, Changing Bodies and Sexual Health - Robie Harris (MG)
• Now that You Know: A Parent's Guide to Understanding Their Gay and Lesbian Children - Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward (MG)
• All About Sex: A Family Resource on Sex and Sexuality - Ronald Filiberti Moglia and Jon Knowles, PPFA (MG, SEICUS)
• The Family Book About Sexuality - Mary Calderone & Eric Johnson (ASSET)
• Sex: The Facts, The Acts, and Your Feelings - Michael Carrera (MG)
  Sex Without Shame: Encouraging the Child's Healthy Sexual Development - Alayne Yates (MG)
• Raising a Child Conservatively in a Sexually Permissive World - Sol and Judith Gordon (ASSET)
• Parents, Teens and Boundaries - Jane Bluestein (ASSET)
• Straight Talk - Marilyn Ratner and Susan Chamlin (MG)
• The Seven Year Stretch - Laura Kastner & Jennifer Wyatt (ASSET)
• The Family Guide to Sex and Relationships - Richard Walker (SEICUS)
• Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth and Their Allies - Ellen Bass and Kate Kaufman (SEICUS)
• Mothering Teens: Understanding the Adolescent Years - Miriam Kaufman, editor (SEICUS)
• Five Hundred Questions Kids Ask About Sex and Some of the Answers - Francis Younger (SEICUS)
• Sex is Not a Four-Letter Word! Talking with Your Children Made Easier - Patrica Martens Miller (SEICUS)
• Sexual Development of Young Children - Virginia Lively and Edwin Lively (SEICUS)
• When Sex is the Subject: Attitudes and Answers for Young Children - Pamela M. Wilson (SEICUS)

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