A Reading List for Parents & Girls

Books for Girls In Elementary School

• Paul, Caroline. Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure
• Simmons, Rachel. Odd Girl Speaks Out
• American Girl Doll Books:
  • Middle School
  • Stand Up
  • Friendship Trouble
  • Care and Keeping Of You
  • Feelings
  • Drama, Rumors, and Secrets

Books for Girls In Middle to High School

• Cappiello, Katie. Slut: A Play and Guidebook for Combating Sexism and Sexual Violence 
• Katz, Naomi Beautiful: Being an Empowered Young Woman
• Tannenbaum, Leora. I Am Not a Slut: Slut-Shaming in the Age of the Internet 
• Taylor, Julia V. Body Image Workbook For Teens 

Parents & Caregivers with Kids in Pre-School to Elementary School

• Anthony, Michelle. Little Girls Can Be Mean: Four Steps to Bully-proof Girls in the Early 
• Brown, Lyn Mikel. Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters From Marketers’ Schemes
• Orenstein, Peggy. Cinderella Ate My Daughter 
• Wardy, Melissa Atkins. Redefining Girly 

Parents & Caregivers with Kids in Middle and High School

• Damour, Lisa. Untangled
• Joiner, Whitney, Kilpatrick, Haley. The Drama Years
• Lythcott-Haims, Julie. How To Raise an Adult
• Levine, Madeline. The Price of Privilege
• Martin, Courtney. Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters 
• Morris, Monique W. Pushout
• Orenstein, Peggy. Girls and Sex
• Sax, Leonard. Girls on the Edge
• Simmons, Rachel. Enough As She Is (High School to College)
• Wiseman, Rosalind. Queen Bees and Wannabees
• Zaloom, Shafia Sex, Teens, & Everything in Between

Parents & Caregivers with Kids of Any Age – How-To Guides

• Brown, Lyn Mikel. Powered by Girl: A Field Guide for Supporting Youth Activists
• Dufu, Tiffany. Drop the Ball
• Dweck, Carol. Mindset
• Heen, Sheila and Stone, Douglas, and Patton, Bruce. Difficult Conversations 
• Hoffman, Janell Burley. iRules 
• Homayoun, Ana. The Myth of the Perfect Girl: Helping Our Girls Find Authentic Success and Happiness at Any Age 
• Lahey, Jessica. The Gift of Failure
• Mazlish, Elaine and Faber, Adele. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen
• Radin, Stacey. Brave Girls: Raising Young Women with Passion and Purpose to Become Powerful Leaders
• Reynolds, Eliza and Sil. Mothering and Daughtering: Keeping Your Bond Strong Through the Teen Years
• Simmons, Rachel. Curse of the Good Girl
• Simmons, Rachel. Enough As She Is
• Simmons, Rachel. Odd Girl Out 
• Uhls, Yalda T. Media Moms and Digital Dads