LGBTQ Kid Lit

The Deep & Dark Blue – A Middle Grade Graphic Novel with Twins on the Run, Magic, and – for One Twin – a New, More Authentic Gender Identity

The Deep & Dark Blue – A Middle Grade Graphic Novel with Twins on the Run, Magic, and – for One Twin – a New, More Authentic Gender Identity

The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who...

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Cemetery Boys – Yadriel is trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family, so he summons a ghost — who then refuses to leave. (And the ghost is kinda hot).

Cemetery Boys – Yadriel is trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family, so he summons a ghost — who then refuses to leave. (And the ghost is kinda hot).

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to...

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The Lucky List – Emily sets out to accomplish everything on her late mother’s senior year bucket list… and might be falling for the girl helping her

The Lucky List – Emily sets out to accomplish everything on her late mother’s senior year bucket list… and might be falling for the girl helping her

The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott Emily and her mom were always lucky. Every month they'd take her lucky quarter, select lucky card 505, and dominate the heatedly competitive bingo night in their small, quirky town of Huckabee. But Emily's mom's luck ran out three...

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Pride In… Sports – A Picture Book Profiling 10 Contemporary Sports Figures Who Are Part of the LGBTQIA+ Community

Pride In… Sports – A Picture Book Profiling 10 Contemporary Sports Figures Who Are Part of the LGBTQIA+ Community

Pride in Sports by Emilie Dufresne, Designed by Danielle Rippengill Some I knew, others were new to me, but it was all fun to explore this sampling of Out and Proud Queer athletes. I particularly appreciated the inclusion of athletes of color like Parinya Charoenphol...

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They’re So Flamboyant – A Fabulous Picture Book About Queer Pride, The Names For Groups of Birds, Not Excluding Others, and Even More LGBTQIA2+ Pride

They’re So Flamboyant – A Fabulous Picture Book About Queer Pride, The Names For Groups of Birds, Not Excluding Others, and Even More LGBTQIA2+ Pride

They're So Flamboyant by Michael Genhart, Illustrated by Tony Neal When a "flamboyance" of flamingos moves into a neighborhood full of other types of birds, feathers get ruffled. Bright pink colors and long legs—how dare those flamingos!Will the brooding birds realize...

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10 years later there’s a new edition of “Two Spirits, One Heart: A Mother, Her Transgender Son, and Their Journey to Love and Acceptance” by Marsha Aizumi and Aiden Aizumi

10 years later there’s a new edition of “Two Spirits, One Heart: A Mother, Her Transgender Son, and Their Journey to Love and Acceptance” by Marsha Aizumi and Aiden Aizumi

Grateful to Marsha for this gift copy of the 2nd edition of the book she wrote with her son, "Two Spirits, One Heart." Those of you who have been following this blog for a long time may remember the "PFLAG Mom" video interview I did with Marsha back in 2011. Marsha's...

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Cover of Lee Wind's "No Way, They Were Gay?" featuring Mahatma Gandhi, We Wha, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln with a swirling diversity pride rainbow
Cover of Lee Wind's "No Way, They Were Gay?" featuring Mahatma Gandhi, We Wha, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln with a swirling diversity pride rainbow

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