Additional Resources
Below are some resources that can help enhance your understanding of TOB, and further bring to life TOB lessons for your children.
ADULT RESOURCES
Book List
TOB
Theology of the Body in Simple Language: Philokalia
These Beautiful Bones: Stimpson
ST. JOHN PAUL II
Saint John Paul the Great: Evert
100 Ways JPII Changed the World: Novecosky
HISTORICAL
Humane Vitae: Pope Paul VI
The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Pontifical Council on the Family
ABORTION
The Walls Are Talking: Johnson
The Hand of God: Nathanson
ETHICS
Ten Universal Principles: Spitzer
END OF LIFE
Chiara Corbella Petrillo: Troisi
PORN
The Porn Myth: Fradd
GENDER + ORIENTATION
Made This Way: Miller
Not Just Good, but Beautiful: Pope Francis + more
Why I Don’t Call Myself Gay: Mattson
The Genesis of Gender: Favale
Loving God’s Children: Bursch
RACE
A Parent’s Guide to CRT: Paslay
All One in Christ: Feser
SEXUAL REVOLUTION / FEMINISM
The Other Side of Beauty: Darrow
Subverted: Browder
The End of Woman: Gress
YOUTH RESOURCES
Book List
LIFE STAGES …
You Were Loved Before Your Were Born: Bunting
Nine Months: Paul
In My Mother’s Womb: Bellavance
AS EGGS
An Egg is Quiet: Aston
A Nest is Noisy: Aston
AS SEEDS
A Seed is Sleepy: Aston
From Seed to Plant: Gibbons
The Carrot Seed: Krauss
The Seed Who Was Afraid to be Planted: DeStefano
AS SEASONS
When the Wind Stops: Zolotow
Sky Tree: Locker
When Spring Comes: Henkes
HUMAN ORDERING
Blueberries for Sal: McCloskey
Are You My Mother: Eastman
The Curious Garden: Brown
BODY / SEX
God Made Boys and Girls: Machowski
How Babies are Made: Schepp
Human Body!: Smithsonian
Mama’s Milk: Ross
A Butterfly Is Patient: Aston
GIFT / TRUST
The Rainbow Fish: Pfister
The Empty Pot: Demi
CULTURE
The Travel Book: Lonely Planet Kids
VOCATION
Dream Big For Kids: Goff
A Child’s First Book about Marriage: Ortlund
Snowflake Bently: Martin
The Rooster’s Gift: Conrad
The Animal Hedge: Fleischman
Johnny Appleseed: Lindbergh
ST JOHN PAUL II
A Boy Who Became Pope: Garza
CURRICULUM
Ruah Woods: Rooted and Revealed
Ascension: YOU
TOBET: The Body Matters
* special thanks to Ruah Woods, where we first discovered many of these books!
Movie List
RACE
The Blind Side
Loving
Race
ABORTION
Bella
Unplanned
VALUE OF LIFE / RELATIONSHIPS
The Starling
Still Alice
Up
Land
HOMELESSNESS / MENTAL HEALTH
The Soloist
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES
Soul Surfer
Wonder
Greater
DISSENTERS FROM IDEOLOGY
The Hidden Life
The Giver
I Am Mother
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
The Sound of Freedom