Children's Books with LGBTQ Themes
Explore children’s book titles that cover many aspects of LGBTQ experience.
Fiction
Fiction
One true way
From the moment she met Samantha, star of the school basketball team, on her first day at Daniel Boone Middle School, Allison Drake felt she had found a friend, something she needs badly since her brother died and her father left--but as their friendship grows it begins to evolve into a deeper emotion, and in North Carolina in 1977, it is not easy to discover that you might be gay.
For age 10+
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Fiction
The misadventures of the family Fletcher
Relates the adventures of a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they make their way through a school year, Kindergarten through sixth grade, and deal with a grumpy new neighbor. For ages 9-12
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Fiction
The best at it
Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay.
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Fiction
Gracefully Grayson
Grayson, a transgender twelve-year-old, learns to accept her true identity and share it with the world. For ages 10 and up
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Fiction
To Night Owl from Dogfish
Unhappy about being sent to the same summer camp after their fathers start dating, Bett and Avery, two girls, age eleven, eventually begin scheming to get the couple back together after a break-up. Told entirely through letters, emails and text messages.
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Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Stonewall: A Building, an Uprising, a Revolution
Narrated by the Stonewall Inn itself, this accessible and empowering book is an essential piece of pride history.
For ages 5 – 8
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Nonfiction
I Am Jazz!
Presents the story of a transgender child who traces her early awareness that she is a girl in spite of male anatomy and the acceptance she finds through a wise doctor who explains her natural transgender status. For ages 4-8
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Nonfiction
Sewing the rainbow : the story of Gilbert Baker and the rainbow flag
Sewing the Rainbow is the powerful story of Gilbert Baker and the creation of the rainbow flag. For ages 4-8
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Nonfiction
Rainbow revolutionaries
Rainbow Revolutionaries brings to life the vibrant histories of fifty pioneering LGBTQ+ people from around the world. For ages 8-12
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Nonfiction
Pride : the story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
The very first picture book about the remarkable and inspiring story of the Gay Pride Flag! Ages 5–8.
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Nonfiction
Queer Heroes
This beautiful, bold book celebrates the achievements of LGBTQ+ people through history and from around the world--featuring dynamic full-color portraits of a diverse selection of 53 inspirational role models accompanied by short biographies that focus on their incredible successes. For ages 10+
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Audiobooks
Audiobooks
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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Audiobooks
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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Audiobooks
The misadventures of the family Fletcher
Relates the adventures of a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they make their way through a school year, Kindergarten through sixth grade, and deal with a grumpy new neighbor. For ages 9-12
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Audiobooks
The best at it
Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay.
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eBooks
eBooks
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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eBooks
Stonewall: A Building, an Uprising, a Revolution
Narrated by the Stonewall Inn itself, this accessible and empowering book is an essential piece of pride history.
For ages 5 – 8
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eBooks
The ship we built
A fifth-grader whose best friends walked away, whose mother is detached, and whose father does unspeakable things, copes with the help of friend Sofie and anonymous letters tied to balloons and released
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eBooks
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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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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eBooks
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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eBooks
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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eBooks
I Am Jazz!
Presents the story of a transgender child who traces her early awareness that she is a girl in spite of male anatomy and the acceptance she finds through a wise doctor who explains her natural transgender status. For ages 4-8
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eBooks
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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eBooks
Gracefully Grayson
Grayson, a transgender twelve-year-old, learns to accept her true identity and share it with the world. For ages 10 and up
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eBooks
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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eBooks
Queer Heroes
This beautiful, bold book celebrates the achievements of LGBTQ+ people through history and from around the world--featuring dynamic full-color portraits of a diverse selection of 53 inspirational role models accompanied by short biographies that focus on their incredible successes. For ages 10+
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eBooks
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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