
Resources
• I Said No: A Kid-to-kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private – Kimberly King (ages 3-8)
• Some Parts are Not for Sharing – Julie K. Federico (ages 6 months+)
• 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)
• Simon Says Play it Safe - by Regina Marscheider
• The Sex-wise Parent: The Parent’s Guide to Protecting Your Child, Strengthening Your Family, and
Talking to Kids About Sex, Abuse, and Bullying – Dr. Janet Rosenzweig
• Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (And Parents Sane) – Gavin de Becker
• Miss America by Day – Marilyn Van Derbur (A memoir about surviving incest)
Sexual Abuse Prevention Books for Children in Spanish
• 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)
Books that Talk About Special Needs
• An Exceptional Children’s Guide to Touch – Hunter Manasco (ages 3-8; children with disabilities)
• Teaching Children with Down Syndrome about Their Bodies, Boundaries, and Sexuality -
• Off Limits: A parent’s guide to keeping kids safe from sexual abuse– S. Wuertele & F. Berkower
Books that Talk About Human Sexual Development and Safety
• 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)
• Birds + Bees + Your Kids – Amy Lang
• It’s Not the Stork! - Robie H. Harris
• From Diapers to Dating: A parent’s guide to raising sexually healthy children – Haffner
• What’s the Big Secret? Talking about sex with boys and girls –Laurie Brown (ages 3-8)
• Changing Bodies, Changing Lives – Ruth Bell (ages 12-17)
• It’s Perfectly Normal – Robbie Harris (ages 9-14)
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)