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Books like It's Perfectly Normal
A warm, funny, and deeply reassuring guide that takes the fear and shame out of growing up. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with It's Perfectly Normal.
- comforting
- curious
- lighthearted
- safe
- 01
It's not the stork!
Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley
A reassuring, straightforward, and lively exploration of bodies and beginnings that answers big questions with gentle honesty.
- 02
Asking about sex and growing up
Joanna Cole
A reassuring, straightforward guide that answers the awkward questions of growing up with clarity and warmth.
- 03
What's the Big Secret?
Laurie Krasny Brown · 1997
A gentle, straightforward guide that transforms a potentially awkward conversation into a safe, natural exploration of growing up.
- 04
Just for boys
Matt Crossick
A reassuring, no-nonsense roadmap through the awkwardness of growing up.
- 05
This Book is Gay
James Dawson
A witty, warm, and radically candid handbook for navigating the messy, joyful realities of queer identity.
- 06
The joy of sex
Alex Comfort · 2003
A frank, celebratory, and warmly authoritative guide that treats physical intimacy as a joyful, lifelong culinary art.
- 07
Sex
Nicole Beland
A frank, comprehensive Spanish-language guide to sexual health, hygiene, and intimacy.
- 08
Tell me why
Arkady Leokum
A gentle, straightforward guide that answers natural childhood questions about love, sex, and babies with clarity and care.
- 09
Chickens aren't the only ones
Ruth Heller · 1981
A gentle, pictorial journey that opens a young reader's eyes to the surprising diversity of the natural world.
- 10
None of the above
I. W. Gregorio
An earnest, eye-opening journey through the sudden unraveling of a teenager's identity and the quiet strength it takes to rebuild it.
- 11
What's happening to me?
Peter Mayle · 1975
A candid and reassuring guide that demystifies the awkward and confusing physical changes of growing up.
- 12
From head to toe
Eric Carle
An exuberant, interactive invitation to wiggle, stomp, and stretch that turns reading time into a joyful physical celebration.
