BOOKS

• Growing Up: An Inclusive Guide to Puberty and Your Changing Body by Rachel Greener and Clare Owen

• Celebrate Your Body (and its Changes, Too!): The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls by Sonya Renee Taylor

• Celebrate Your Body 2: The Ultimate Puberty Book for Preteen and Teen Girls by Dr. Carrie Leff, MD and Dr. Lisa Klein, MD

• Welcome to Your Period! by Yuri Stynes, Dr. Melissa Kang, MD and Jenny Latham

• Growing Up Powerful: A Guide to Keeping Confident When Your Body is Changing, Your Mind is Racing, and the World Is…Complicated by Nona Willis Aronowitz and Caribay Marquina (Rebel Girls)

• Bunk 9’s Guide to Growing Up: Secrets, Tips, and Expert Advice on the Good, the Bad, and the Awkward by Adah Yuchi and Meg Hunt

• A Girl’s Guide to Puberty and Periods by Marni Sommer, DrPH, Margaret Schmitt, Christine Hagstrom, and Caitlin Gruer

• The Girl’s Body Book: Everything You Need to Know for a Healthy, Happy YOU! by Kelli Dunham, RN, BSN and Laura Tallardy

• A Kids Book About Periods by Jessica Biel

• Red Moon Gang by Tara Costello and Mary Purdie

• Celebrate Your Feelings: The Positive Mindset Puberty Book for Girls by Lauren Rivers, MSThe Care and Keeping of You 1: The Body Book for Younger Girls by Valorie Schaefer and Josee Masse

• The Care and Keeping of You 2: The Body Book for Older Girls by Dr. Cara Natterson, MD, and Josee Masse

• Welcome to Your Boobs! Your Easy, No-Silly-Questions Guide to Your Breast Friends by Dr. Melissa Kang, MD, Yumi Stynes and Jenny Latham

• The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up, & Becoming Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman

• The Body Image Book for Girls: Love Yourself and Grow Up Fearless by Charlotte Markey

• Body Image: How to Love Yourself, Live Life to the Fullest, and Celebrate All Kinds of Bodies (A Smart Girl’s Guide) by Mel Hammond and Maike Plenzke 

• Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors by Christina Soontornvat and Camille Saied Méndez (Editors)

• Growing Up Powerful Journal: A Confidence Boosting, Totally Inspiring, Joyful Journal by Nona Willis Aronowitz and Caribay Marquina (Rebel Girls)

• Mindfulness Workbook for Teens: Exercises and Tools to Handle Stress, Find Focus, and Thrive by Linette Bixby

• The Ultimate Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens: Overcome Insecurity, Defeat Your Inner Critic, and Live Confidently by Megan MacCutcheon, LPC

• This Moment is Your Life (And So is This One): A Fun and Easy Guide to Mindfulness, Meditation, and Yoga by Mariam Gates

• Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss by Hope Edelman

• Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life by Cleo Wade

Articles & Online Resources

• "DIY Period Power: How to Create a First Period Kit for Your Mighty Girl,” AMightyGirl.com. July 19, 2023. https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=26183 

• “Preparing for Your First Period,” Alliance for Period Supplies. May 5, 2023. https://allianceforperiodsupplies.org/preparing-for-your-first-period/

• “Guide to Menstrual Hygiene Materials,” UNICEF. May 2019. https://www.unicef.org/media/91346/file/UNICEF-Guide-menstrual-hygiene-materials-2019.pdf 

• “You Got Your First Period. Now What?” Guide by Period.org https://period.org/uploads/First-Period-FAQs-BW-White-Background.pdf

• “Period Products: What are the Options?” by the International Planned Parenthood Federation, November 18, 2020. https://www.ippf.org/blogs/period-products-what-are-options 

• “What Happens to Your Body Each Day of Your Menstrual Cycle,” by Nadine Avola, SheKnows.com. March 1, 2023. https://www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/articles/1087270/period-cycle/amp/ 

Country-Specific Books and Additional Language Books about Puberty

• ¡Hola Menstruación! by Yuri Stynes, Dr. Melissa Kang, MD and Jenny Latham

• Solo Para Chicas: ¿Que Me Está Pasando? Mi Pubertad. by Sarah Delmege 

  The organization Grow & Know has created books focused on puberty in ten different countries. Languages available include English, Spanish, Urdu, Swahili, Khmer, Twi-English, Lao, Malagasy,  and12 local languages of Ethiopia (including Amharic, Agnuak-Gambella, Majang-Gambella, Oromiffa, Nuer-Gambella, Af-Somali-Somali, and Tigrinya). Some of the country books are targeted for boys, as well. The books can be downloaded or read on e-reading devices: https://www.growandknow.org/country-books

• Tanzania: Growth and Changes and Healthy Adolescence by Grow and Know, Inc. (Swahili and English) https://www.growandknow.org/tanzania-books

• Ethiopia: Growth and Changes by Grow and Know, Inc. (Books are in the following twelve Ethiopian local languages: Amharic, Agnuak-Gambella, Majang-Gambella, Oromiffa, Nuer-Gambella, Af-Somali-Somali, and Tigrinya) https://www.growandknow.org/ethiopia-books 

• Ghana: Growth and Changes by Grow and Know, Inc. (Twi-English and English) https://www.growandknow.org/ghana-books 

• Kenya: Growth and Changes by Grow and Know, Inc. (Swahili and English): https://www.growandknow.org/kenya-books 

• Laos: I Am a Teenager by Grow and Know, Inc. (Lao and English): https://www.growandknow.org/laos-books

• Madagascar: Growth and Changes by Grow and Know, Inc. (Malagasy and English) https://www.growandknow.org/madagascar-books 

• Pakistan: Growth and Changes by Grow and Know, Inc. (Urdu and English) https://www.growandknow.org/pakistan-books

• Sierra Leone: Growth and Changes for Girls in Sierra Leone by Grow and Know, Inc. (English) https://www.growandknow.org/sierra-leone-books

Save the Children’s puberty books:

• Tranquila, soy tu amiga Carla: Mi libro para la adolescencia by Save the Children: (Bolivia, in Spanish) https://www.savethechildren.org.bo/publicaciones/tranquila-soy-tu-amiga-carla-mi-libro-para-la-adolescencia/ 

• Puberty Book Girls by Save the Children and the Government of Malawi (Chichewa and English): https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c61dcddf4755a584425c1cb/t/5d186b740489990001d9e25e/1561881472588/Malawi_Girls_Early_Adolescent_workbook.pdf 

• Kishoree (a puberty book for girls in Nepal, in English) by the Government of Nepal and Save the Children: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c61dcddf4755a584425c1cb/t/5d186bbb1254ff000198c6d1/1561881537681/Nepal_English_Girls_Book.pdf  

• Growing Up At School: A guide to menstrual management for school girls by Annie Kenyemba, Network for Water and Sanitation Uganda (Uganda, in English): https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c61dcddf4755a584425c1cb/t/5d186be613c0c20001ce8218/1561881589472/girls_book_in-Uganda.pdf 

• Growing Up At School: A guide to menstrual management for school girls by Annie Kenyemba, Water Research Commission (Zimbabwe, in English): https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c61dcddf4755a584425c1cb/t/5d186c4f84a1550001126593/1561881688095/EcoSanRes-Publication-GrowingUpAtSchool-AnnieKanyemba.pdf