6 Top middle grade books like Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls by Joanna Cole

Cover of Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls by Joanna Cole

Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

By: Joanna Cole

4.01

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Today's children hear about sex all the time-on television, in the movies, and from their friends. …

If you liked the middle grade plot in Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls by Joanna Cole , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library) by Valorie Schaefer, Norm Bendel

1. The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library)

By: Valorie Schaefer , Norm Bendel

4.19

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

This "head-to-toe" guide answers all your questions, from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath t… read more

Similar categories in Valorie Schaefer's The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library) book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

  • parenting
  • childrens
  • health
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1) by Judy Blume

2. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1)

By: Judy Blume

4.11

Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Life with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing. Whether … read more

Similar categories in Judy Blume's Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1) book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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3. The Witchcraft of Salem Village

By: Shirley Jackson

3.80

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A detailed account of one of the strangest and most shocking episodes in American history, written … read more

Similar categories in Shirley Jackson's The Witchcraft of Salem Village book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

  • nonfiction
Cover of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1) by Alexandra Boiger, Betty MacDonald

4. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

By: Alexandra Boiger , Betty MacDonald

4.16

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Everyone loves Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and smells li… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Boiger's Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1) book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
"THIS IS DICK -- DON'T TOUCH!!!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"Penelope (the parrot) squawked, ‘I’ll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!’ Mary was certainly surprised at that because she thought that she had made up that brilliant remark. She…"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

Cover of And Tango Makes Three by Henry Cole, Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell

5. And Tango Makes Three

By: Henry Cole , Justin Richardson , Peter Parnell

4.30

Format: None pages,

In the zoo there are all kinds of animal families. But Tango's family is not like any of the others… read more

Similar categories in Henry Cole's And Tango Makes Three book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

  • nonfiction
  • childrens
  • banned books
Cover of The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) by Mary Doria Russell

6. The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)

By: Mary Doria Russell

3.77

Format: None pages,

In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico… read more

Similar categories in Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

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7. The Chocolate Touch

By: Margot Apple , Patrick Skene Catling

3.91

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

In this zany twist on the legend of King Midas and his golden touch, a boy acquires a magical gift … read more

Similar categories in Margot Apple's The Chocolate Touch book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

8. How to Eat Fried Worms

By: Thomas Rockwell

3.76

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

People are always daring Billy to do zany things. But Billy may have bitten off more than he can ch… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Rockwell's How to Eat Fried Worms book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile

9. The Care and Keeping of You 2: The Body Book for Older Girls

By: Josée Masse , Cara Natterson

4.20

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

This thoughtful advice book will guide you through the next steps of growing up. With illustrations… read more

Similar categories in Josée Masse's The Care and Keeping of You 2: The Body Book for Older Girls book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

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10. I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

By: Jessi Klein

3.90

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed New York … read more

Similar categories in Jessi Klein's I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

  • nonfiction
  • parenting
"A mother's heroic journey is not about how she leaves, but how she stays."

-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

"But becoming a mother alters every ince of your body, your routine, your soul, your heart."

-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

"Motherhood leaves you inevitably and profoundly changed; you can be similar to who you were - maybe? - but you'll never be the same."

-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

"Because now I know that everything bad can happen, and I am responsible for it not. Because sometimes I feel like keeping us from dying will kill me. Because I am on board, and I'm exhausted. Because…"

-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

Cover of All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

11. All Boys Aren’t Blue

By: George M. Johnson

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explor… read more

Similar categories in George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren’t Blue book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

  • nonfiction
  • banned books
"History has an interesting way of painting."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

"The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

"We are not as different as you think, and all our stories deserve to be celebrated and told."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

"When people ask me how I got into activism, I often say, “The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

Cover of White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

12. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

By: Robin DiAngelo

4.17

Format: 7 pages, Audiobook

Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility i… read more

Similar categories in Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

  • nonfiction
"I am often asked if I think the younger generation is less racist. No, I don't. In some ways, racism's adaptations over time are more sinister than concrete rules such as Jim Crow."

-Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

"For those of us who work to raise the racial consciousness of whites, simply getting whites to acknowledge that our race gives us advantages is a major effort. The defensiveness, denial, and resistan…"

-Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

"How can I say that if you are white, your opinions on racism are most likely ignorant, when I don't even know you? I can say so because nothing in mainstream US culture gives us the information we ne…"

-Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

"Habitus maintains our social comfort and helps us regain it when those around us do not act in familiar and acceptable ways. .... Thus, white fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of ra…"

-Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

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13. WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game

By: Abby Wambach

4.15

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Based on her inspiring, viral 2018 commencement speech to Barnard College’s graduates in New York C… read more

Similar categories in Abby Wambach's WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

  • nonfiction
"Note: When they say you're ridiculous, you know you're onto something."

-Abby Wambach, WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game

"[...] insist upon remembering. Because we know that the lessons of yesterday's loss become the fuel for tomorrow's win."

-Abby Wambach, WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game

Cover of Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls by Joanna Cole

14. Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

By: Joanna Cole

4.01

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Today's children hear about sex all the time-on television, in the movies, and from their friends. … read more

Similar categories in Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls book and Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls

  • parenting
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • health
  • middle grade
  • banned books
  • nonfiction
  • challenged books
  • education
  • science

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