Children's Books with LGBTQ Themes
Explore children’s book titles that cover many aspects of LGBTQ experience.
Board Books
Board Books
My Two Moms and Me
In this board book, LGBTQ+ parents and their friends and families will welcome this inclusive and cheerful book that reflects their own lives and family makeup. For ages 3 and younger
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Pride Colors
The profound mesage of this delightful book board book is you are free to be whoever you choode to be; you'll always be loved.
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Picture Books
Picture Books
Jacob's room to choose
After Jacob and Sophie are prevented from using their school's bathrooms, their teacher helps her students write new rules about who can use which bathroom.
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Uncle Bobby's wedding
Chloe is jealous and sad when her favorite uncle announces that he will be getting married, but as she gets to know Jamie better and becomes involved in planning the wedding, she discovers that she will always be special to Uncle Bobby--and to Uncle Jamie, too.
For ages 2-9
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ABC : a family alphabet book
Introduces the alphabet with whimsical illustrations portraying gay and lesbian parents and racial diversity.
For ages 2-5
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The bravest knight who ever lived
Knights, dragons, and princesses are the things all good fairy tales are made of, but what happens when the tale has a modern day ending?
For ages 5 - 8
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Princess Kevin
Kevin is a princess. Others may laugh but Kevin does not care. Kevin is a princess, and that is that.
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Sam!
Isabel was the name everybody called Sam. It was not his name, but nobody knew that. Nobody knew he that he was a boy except for him.
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Rainbow : a first book of pride
Children from different kinds of families demonstrate the original meanings of the colors in the rainbow flag, and then come together at a Pride parade.
For ages 2-5
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Prince & knight
A prince and a knight in shining armor find true love in each other's embrace after fighting a dragon together.
For ages 4-8
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Jacob's new dress
Jacob, who likes to wear dresses at home, convinces his parents to let him wear a dress to school too.
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The true adventures of Esther the wonder pig
The true story of social media sensation Esther the Wonder Pig and her two dads (Jenkins and Derek Walter) that inspired the "New York Times"-bestselling memoir for adults, authored with Caprice Crane, is now available in a picture book with adorable illustrations and a message of love.
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My princess boy : a mom's story about a young boy who loves to dress up
My princess boy : a mom's story about a young boy who loves to dress up
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Mini Mia and her darling uncle
Ella, whose nickname is "Mini Mia" because her favorite soccer player is Mia Hamm, loves spending time with her eccentric uncle Tommy, but finds herself a bit put out when she has to share him with his new boyfriend Fergus. For ages 5-8
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Julián is a mermaid
While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for his headdress. But what will Abuela think about the mess he makes -- and even more importantly, what will she think about how Julián sees himself?
Ages 4-8
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Call me Max
When Max starts school, the teacher hesitates to call out the name on the attendance sheet. Something doesn't seem to fit. Max lets her know the name he wants to be called by--a boy's name. This begins Max's journey as he makes new friends and reveals his feelings about his identity to his parents.
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Heather has two mommies
When Heather goes to playgroup, at first she feels bad because she has two mothers and no father, but then she learns that there are lots of different kinds of families and the most important thing is that all the people love each other. Recommended for ages 3-5.
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Donovan's big day
From the moment Donovan wakes in the morning, he painstakingly prepares for his special role in the wedding ceremony of his two mothers. Ages 4-7
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A tale of two daddies
A young girl describes how her two daddies help her through her day, including her poppa cooking eggs and toast, her daddy fixing her knee when she is hurt, and both fathers being there for her when she needs love. Ages 4-8
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The Family Book
<p>Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what. For ages 3-5
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This day in June
A picture book illustrating a Pride parade. The endmatter serves as a primer on LGBT history and culture and explains the references made in the story. For ages 4-8
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In Our Mothers' House
Three young children experience the joys and challenges of being raised by two mothers.. Ages 6-8
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And Tango makes three
At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches. Ages 4-7
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Auntie Uncle:Drag Queen Hero
The young narrator thinks it's awesome that his Uncle and his Auntie are the same person. Uncle Leo is an accountant, and is great at helping with math homework. Auntie Lotta is a fabulous performer, and loves to sing and dance with her nephew. One day Lotta's family comes to watch her perform at the local Pride parade
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Are you a boy or are you a girl?
Offering parents, family members, and teachers a fun and creative way to open a dialogue with young children about gender diversity, this story features a gender-neutral child named Tiny who likes to dress up as an animal, or a doctor, or a butterfly, but not to identify as a boy or a girl.
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Stella brings the family : a tale of two dads on Mother's Day
Stella's class is having a Mother's Day celebration, but what's a girl with two daddies to do? Ages 4-8
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From the stars in the sky to the fish in the sea
A magical gender variant child brings transformation and change to the world around them thanks to their mother's enduring love
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Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story About Gender and Friendship
Introducing Teddy introduces the youngest readers to understanding gender identity and transition in an accessible and heart-warming story about being true to yourself and being a good friend.
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The Gaybcs
A playdate extravaganza transforms into a celebration of friendship, love, and identity as four friends sashay out of all the closets, dress up in a wardrobe fit for kings and queens, and discover the wonder of imagination
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Pickles + Ocho
Pickles is a very happy French bulldog who lives in a big house. He has lots of toys and gets lots of attention from his two papas. Life for Pickles is perfect--until Ocho arrives.
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Spanish Language
Spanish Language
One of a kind like me = Único como yo
Mañana es el desfile escolar, y Danny sabe exactamente lo que será: una princesa. Mamá le apoya al 100%, y corren a la tienda de segunda mano para encontrar su traje
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Fiction
Fiction
This would make a good story someday
Although not thrilled when her summer plans are upended for a surprise cross-country train trip with her family and embarrassed because one of her moms is writing a tell-all book about the trip, twelve-year-old Sara Johnston-Fischer finds herself changing along with the landscape outside the train windows.
For ages 9-13
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Ivy Aberdeen's letter to the world
Twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed in a tornado, and in the aftermath of the storm, she begins to develop feelings for another girl at school For ages 8-13
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Hurricane Child
Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
For ages 8-12
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Fiction
Genius Jolene
Eight-year-old Jolene enjoys a long road trip with her truck driver father, as she does every year, but this year it is different because her parents have separated and her father is with another man
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Fiction
The Pants Project
Eleven-year-old Liv fights to change the middle school dress code requiring girls to wear a skirt and, along the way, finds the courage to tell his moms he is meant to be a boy.
For ages 9 and up
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Fiction
Star-crossed
When Mattie is cast as Romeo in an eighth-grade play, she is confused to find herself increasingly attracted to Gemma, a new classmate who is playing Juliet. For ages 9-13
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Better Nate than ever
An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical concocts a plan to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of "E.T.
For age 10+
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Fiction
My mixed-up berry blue summer
Twelve-year-old June Farrell spends the summer at her Vermont home getting used to the woman her mother is planning to marry and practicing her pie-baking skills, as she hopes to win the blue ribbon at the fair. For ages 10+
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George
When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. For age 8-12
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