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A gentle, straightforward guide that answers natural childhood questions about love, sex, and babies with clarity and care. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Tell me why.
- curious
- reassuring
- safe
- educational
- 01
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.
- 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
It's Perfectly Normal
Robie H. Harris
A warm, funny, and deeply reassuring guide that takes the fear and shame out of growing up.
- 04
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.
- 05
What's happening to me?
Peter Mayle · 1975
A candid and reassuring guide that demystifies the awkward and confusing physical changes of growing up.
- 06
Why We Love
Helen Fisher
An illuminating dive into the human brain that decodes the ancient, biological machinery behind our most romantic impulses.
- 07
Just for boys
Matt Crossick
A reassuring, no-nonsense roadmap through the awkwardness of growing up.
- 08
Why Is Sex Fun?
Jared M. Diamond · 1998
A witty, eye-opening biological safari into the weirdest mating habits in the animal kingdom: our own.
- 09
What girls are made of
Elana K. Arnold
A raw, blood-and-bone exploration of teenage girlhood that tears down the myth of unconditional love.
- 10
This Book is Gay
James Dawson
A witty, warm, and radically candid handbook for navigating the messy, joyful realities of queer identity.
- 11
The Guide To Getting It On!
Paul Joannides · 1998
A warm, witty, and exhaustively comprehensive encyclopedia of human pleasure that feels like getting advice from a brilliant, entirely unshockable friend.
- 12
I Wonder Why Spiders Spin Webs and Other Questions About Creepy-crawlies (I Wonder Why)
Amanda O'Neill · 2002
A playful, bite-sized exploration of the backyard's creepiest, crawliest residents, perfectly tuned to a child's endless curiosity.
