Resources

Worcester Specific Resources

About Sex Ed and Sexual Health

Books for Kids in English

As with any book, these are geared for different age ranges. Many of them will have a suggested age range, but trust your relationship with your young person and their curiosity about what may be the right fit for your family.

Libros Para Jovenes en Español

• Worcester Public Schools webpage for sex ed
• Our Fact Sheet/Hoja de Hechos on sex ed and Rights, Respect, Responsibility
• AIDS Project Worcester and SWAGLY
• SafeHomes, a program of Open Sky Community Services
• School-based health centers
  • Family Health Center of Worcester
  • Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center
• Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
• Pathways for Change, Inc
• YWCA of Central Massachusetts
• MassEquality

• Advocates for Youth
• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
• EducateUS
• Partners in Sex Education
• Power to Decide
• Kids-Ask.org
• Parent and Guardian Resources from the CDC
• Sex Ed for young people with disabilities
• Parents as Advocates for Comprehensive Sex Ed in Schools
• Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights
• Sex Positive Families
• Amaze.org
• Adolescent Health
• Learning for Justice
• Sex Ed Dictionaries from UnHushed

• What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth
• Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth
• You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth
• Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!): The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls by Sonya Renee Taylor
• Book Riot shares lists about pictures books that deconstruct gender norms and focus on gender identity
• Let’s Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect by Jayneen Sanders and Sarah Jennings
• A selection of books by Robie Harris and collaborators
• What’s the Big Secret?: Talking about Sex with Girls and Boys  by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
• The “What’s Happening to My Body?” Book for Boys: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons by Lynda Madaras and Martin Anderson
• The “What’s Happening to My Body?” Book for Girls: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters  by Lynda Madaras and Marcia Herman-Giddens

• Sexo…Que Es? by Robie Harris
• ¡Es Alucinante! by Robie Harris
• ¿Cómo se hace un bebé? by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth