Sexual Abuse Prevention Books

  • I Said No: A Kid-to-kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private  – Kimberly King (ages 4-8)

• My Voice Is My Superpower by Shariea Shoatz (ages 4-10)

• Some Parts are Not for Sharing – Julie K. Federico (ages 6 months+)

• The Brave Knight- Diane Tarantini

• Who's the Boss of this Body- Megan Backofen

• No Trespassing! My Body is Private -Patty Fitzgerald (ages 3-8)

• Your Body Belongs to You – Cornelia Spelman (ages 2-6)

• My Body Belongs to Me – Jill Starishevsky (ages 3-8)

• Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept – Jayneen Sanders (ages 3-8)

• Body Safety - Jayneen Sanders (ages 3-12)

• Tell Somebody! - Alesha Barlow. (ages 3-8 ) 

• The Swimsuit Lesson – Jon Holsten (ages 6-12)

• Fred the Fox Shouts “No!” – Tatiana Y. Kisil Matthews (ages 3-8)

• Miles is the Boss of His Body! – S. Kurtzman-Counter & A. Schiller (ages 3-11)

• My Body Belongs to Me from My Head to My Toes– Dagmar Geisler (ages 3- 11)

• Please Tell - Jesse

• An Exceptional Children’s Guide to Touch – Hunter Manasco (ages 3-8)

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• Your Whole Body Book by Lizzie Charboneau

• Birds + Bees + Your Kids – Amy Lang

• It’s Not the Stork! - Robie H. Harris

• What’s the Big Secret? Talking about sex with boys and girls –Laurie Brown (ages 3-8) Changing 

• It’s Perfectly Normal – Robbie Harris (ages 9-14)

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Sexual Abuse Prevention Books for Children in Spanish 

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•  Algunas Partes No Son Para Compartir  – Julie K. Federico (ages 6 months+)

•  Mi Cuerpo es Mio: Un Libro para Enseñar a Los Niños Pequeños cómo Resistir el   Contacto

•  Incómodo– Britain (ages 3-8)

•  El Problemo con Los Secretos – Karen Johnson (ages 3-8)

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Books for Parents:

 

• ​Teaching Children with Down Syndrome about Their Bodies, Boundaries, and   Sexuality -Couwenhoven

• Off Limits: A parent’s guide to keeping kids safe from sexual abuse– S. Wuertele & F. Berkower

• From Diapers to Dating: A parent’s guide to raising sexually healthy children – Haffner

• The Parent’s Guide to Talking about Sex – Janet Rosenzweig

• Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents’ Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy, and           Resilience by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline (2008)

  • The Sex-wise Parent: The Parent’s Guide to Protecting Your Child, Strengthening Your Family – Dr. Janet Rosenzweig

  • Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (And Parents Sane) –     Gavin de Becker

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Books that Talk About Human Sexual Development and Safety

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Books for Kids on Trauma Healing

• • Something Happened and I’m Scared to Tell– Patricia Kehoe, Ph.D. (ages 3-7)

• • Something Is Wrong at My House – Diane Davis (ages 3-12)

• • I Can’t Talk About It – Doris Sanford (ages 4-8)

• • Please Tell! - Jessie

• • Sarah’s Waterfall: A healing story about sexual abuse – Ellery Akers (ages 7-12)

•  Healing Days – Susan Farber Straus (ages 7-14)