Books to help young people navigate puberty, consent, sex & growing up

How to Love: A Guide to Feelings & Relationships for Everyone

Alex Norris

A brilliantly witty and wise illustrated guide to relationships for teens – by the hugely popular webcomic artist and creator of Oh No!

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Welcome to Sex!

Dr Melissa Kang, Yumi Stynes

Welcome to Sex! is a frank, age-appropriate introductory guide to sex and sexuality for teens of all genders.

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Here and Queer

Rowan Ellis

Here and Queer contains everything that young queer girls need to embrace their identity.

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Be Resilient

Nicola Morgan

The essential teenage guide to building resilience for challenging times, from award-winning well-being expert Nicola Morgan, author of the bestselling Blame My Brain and The Teenage Guide to Stress.

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Girl Stuff 8 - 12

Kaz Cooke

Girl Stuff 8-12 is the essential younger girl’s guide to puberty and the pre-teen years.

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Grown: The Black Girls’ Guide to Glowing Up

Melissa Cummings-Quarry,Natalie A Carter

As a young Black girl, there is no limit to what you can achieve. You’ve just got to know how to shoot your shot. And that’s where Grown comes in.

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Honest

Milly Evans

A bare-all, refreshingly honest guide for teens, written by someone who isn’t thirty years older than you.

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Welcome to Consent

Yumi Stynes, Dr. Melissa Kang

Consent is a huge topic, especially when you’re new to talking about it — so it sure helps to have adolescent health specialists Dr Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes on…

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Queer Up

Alexis Caught

Queer Up is an uplifting guide to LGBTQ+ love, life and mental health.

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Sex Ed

School of Sexuality Education

Sex Ed is an inclusive teenage guide to sex and relationships.

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Let’s Talk: A Boy’s Guide to Mental Health

Adam Carpenter

Let’s Talk provides the tools to get boys talking about how they’re feeling. Within this insightful guide you will find activities to figure out what help you might need, advice…

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What is Gender? How Does It Define Us? And Other Big Questions for Kids

Juno Dawson

A highly topical look at the concept of gender, encouraging children to think for themselves about the issues involved

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Welcome to Your Boobs

Dr. Melissa Kang, Yumi Stynes

A frank, funny and inclusive guide to dealing with your breasts, from the award-winning authors of Welcome to Your Period and Welcome to Consent.

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Welcome to Your Period!

Yumi Stynes, Melissa Kang

A modern, funny, inclusive and big-sisterish guide to getting your period, and what to do once it comes. Whether you’re an apprehensive nine-year-old, the parent of a tween with a…

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Let’s Talk About It

Erika Moen, Matthew Nolan

A graphic novel about sex, sexuality, gender, body, consent, and many other topics for teens.

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The Sex Ed You Never Had

Chantelle Otten

From award-winning psychosexologist Chantelle Otten comes the well-overdue, inclusive and meticulous guide to all things sex, bodies and relationships.

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A Different Sort of Normal

Abigail Balfe

The beautiful, and beautifully illustrated, true story of one girl’s journey growing up autistic, and the challenges of navigating the ‘normal’ world around her.

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What’s the T?

Juno Dawson

A frank and funny exploration of being transgender, from the author of This Book is Gay.

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Girl Stuff 13+

Kaz Cooke

The must-have girls' guide for the teen years from the number one go-to advisor for Australian girl's and women's health, fully revised and updated edition 2019/2020.

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We Need to Talk About Vaginas

Allison K. Rodgers

An illustrated guide to vaginas and vulvas from TikTok star Dr Allison Rodgers

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The Awesome Power of Sleep

Nicola Morgan

The essential guide to sleep from award-winning teenage well-being expert Nicola Morgan, author of bestselling Blame My Brain, The Teenage Guide to Stress and The Teenage Guide to Friends.

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The Puberty Book (6th Edition)

Kelsey Powell, Wendy Darvill

The sixth edition of the classic bestselling Australian puberty survival guide.

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Yay! You’re Gay! Now What?

Riyadh Khalaf

In this personal, heartfelt go-to guide for young queer guys, YouTuber and presenter Riyadh Khalaf shares frank advice about everything from coming out to relationships, as well as interviews with…

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Perfectly Weird, Perfectly You: A Scientific Guide to Growing Up

Camilla Pang

A unique guide to growing up perfectly weird and perfectly happy, by Dr Camilla Pang who was diagnosed with autism age 8 and was the youngest person and first writer…

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Period Power

Nadya Okamoto

A manifesto on menstruation which aims to explain what menstruation is, shed light on the stigmas and resulting biases, and create a strategy to end the silence and prompt conversation…

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Puberty Is Gross, but Also Really Awesome

Gina Loveless

Provides readers with a humorous look at what happens to a teenager’s body and mind when they reach puberty.

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Be Your Own Man Paperback

Jessica Sanders

A really unique book that can be lifesaving for the many kids who don't fit the narrow old ideas of what maleness is. It will widen the perspective of children…

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Love Your Body Paperback

My body is strong. My body can do amazing things. My body is my own.

Freedom is loving your body with all its "imperfections" and being the perfectly imperfect you…

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A Head Full of Everything

Gavin Oattes

It’s the best years of your life! they tell us.

And yet, while it should be, for so many it just doesn’t feel like it. For most it’s an emotional…

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Whats Happening to Me?: Girls Edition

Susan Meredith

An informative guide to female puberty, this book is useful for both young girls and their parents alike, tackling key subjects from the physical changes that occur at this time…

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Whats Happening to Me?

Alex Frith

A sensitive, detailed and informative guide to male puberty, this book will prove invaluable for both young boys and their parents alike, tackling key subjects from the physical changes that…

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What’s Happening to Me?

Peter Mayle

Peter Mayle answers questions on puberty.

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Puberty Boy

Geoff Price

Colourful, fun and factual, young boys will want to read Puberty Boy. An invaluable source of real information for boys, their parents, carers and professionals.

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Puberty Girl

Shushann Movsessian

Beautifully illustrated and full of practical advice this is an intelligent, fun, colourful guide to puberty - essential reading for all pre-teen girls, their parents and teachers.

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The Body Image Book for Girls

Charlotte Markey

Body image expert Dr Charlotte Markey uses her twenty-five years of experience to help girls aged 9-15 develop a positive body image and improve their overall wellbeing. Covering puberty, mental…

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Being You

Charlotte Markey, Daniel Hart,Douglas Zacher

With increasing pressure to be athletic and muscular, how can we help boys to feel happy and confident simply being themselves? Being You is an easy-to-read, evidence-based guide to developing…

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Books to help young people navigate puberty, consent, sex & growing up

How to Love: A Guide to Feelings & Relationships for Everyone

Welcome to Sex!

Here and Queer

Be Resilient

Girl Stuff 8 - 12

Grown: The Black Girls’ Guide to Glowing Up

Honest

Welcome to Consent

Queer Up

Sex Ed

Let’s Talk: A Boy’s Guide to Mental Health

What is Gender? How Does It Define Us? And Other Big Questions for Kids

Welcome to Your Boobs

Welcome to Your Period!

Let’s Talk About It

The Sex Ed You Never Had

A Different Sort of Normal

What’s the T?

Girl Stuff 13+

We Need to Talk About Vaginas

The Awesome Power of Sleep

The Puberty Book (6th Edition)

Yay! You’re Gay! Now What?

Perfectly Weird, Perfectly You: A Scientific Guide to Growing Up

Period Power

Puberty Is Gross, but Also Really Awesome

Be Your Own Man Paperback

Love Your Body Paperback

A Head Full of Everything

Whats Happening to Me?: Girls Edition

Whats Happening to Me?

What’s Happening to Me?

Puberty Boy

Puberty Girl

The Body Image Book for Girls

Being You