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Reader's Corner for Children and Teens: LGBTQ+ Pride

Book lists and resources curated by the Children's Department.

LGBTQ+ Fiction

The Other Boy by M. G. Hennessey; Sfe R. Monster (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062427663
Publication Date: 2016-09-20
As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman
ISBN: 9781945820069
Publication Date: 2017-11-14
Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
ISBN: 9780553536744
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
ISBN: 9781250159854
Publication Date: 2018-02-13
Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O'Neill
ISBN: 9781620103401
Publication Date: 2016-09-06
Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
ISBN: 9780062791146
Publication Date: 2018-06-26
Martin Mclean, Middle School Queen by Alyssa Zaczek; Risa Rodil (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781454935704
Publication Date: 2020-01-07
Rick by Alex Gino
ISBN: 9781338048100
Publication Date: 2020-04-21
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
ISBN: 9780316515467
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
ISBN: 9780451479402
Publication Date: 2019-05-21
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
ISBN: 9780525516255
Publication Date: 2019-04-30
Alan Cole Is Not a Coward by Eric Bell
ISBN: 9780062567024
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan; Meg Wolitzer
ISBN: 9780525553236
Publication Date: 2019-02-12
The Whispers by Greg Howard
ISBN: 9780525517498
Publication Date: 2019-01-15
One True Way by Shannon Hitchcock
ISBN: 9781338181722
Publication Date: 2018-02-27
Redwood and Ponytail by K. A. Holt
ISBN: 9781452172880
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake
ISBN: 9780316515535
Publication Date: 2019-03-26
Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby
ISBN: 9781616209063
Publication Date: 2019-05-07
A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner
ISBN: 9780374312732
Publication Date: 2020-02-25
In the Role of Brie Hutchens... by Nicole Melleby
ISBN: 9781616209070
Publication Date: 2020-06-30
Second Dad Summer by Benjamin Klas; Fian Arroyo (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781947159242
Publication Date: 2020-08-04

LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction

Trans Mission by Alex Bertie
ISBN: 9780316529037
Publication Date: 2019-05-14
The Story of Gilbert Baker and the Rainbow Flag by Gayle E. Pitman; Holly Clifton-Brown (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781433829024
Publication Date: 2018-06-01
LGBTQ by Kelly Huegel Madrone
ISBN: 9781631983023
Publication Date: 2018-09-17
You Be You! by Jonathan Branfman; Julie Benbassat (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781787750104
Publication Date: 2019-07-18
Queer Heroes by Arabelle Sicardi; Sarah Tanat-Jones (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781786034762
Publication Date: 2019-09-17
Queer, There, and Everywhere by Sarah Prager; Zoe More O'Ferrall (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062474315
Publication Date: 2017-05-23
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
ISBN: 9780374303235
Publication Date: 2017-10-17
Stonewall Riots by Gayle E. Pitman
ISBN: 9781419737206
Publication Date: 2019-05-14
Stonewall by Rob Sanders; Jamey Christoph (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781524719524
Publication Date: 2019-04-23
Pride: the Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders; Steven Salerno (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399555312
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Pride Day by Robin Stevenson
ISBN: 9781459809932
Publication Date: 2016-04-19
Branded by the Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington
ISBN: 9781926920962
Publication Date: 2013-04-15
It Feels Good to Be Yourself by Theresa Thorn; Noah Grigni (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781250302953
Publication Date: 2019-06-04
Sylvia and Marsha by Joy Ellison; Teshika Silver (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781787755307
Publication Date: 2020-11-19
Be Amazing by Desmond Napoles; Dylan Glynn (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780374312589
Publication Date: 2020-07-21

LGBTQ+ Read to Me Fiction

Prince and Knight by Daniel Haack; Stevie Lewis (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781499805529
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer; Holly Clifton-Brown (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452111902
Publication Date: 2015-05-05
Jack (Not Jackie) by Erica Silverman; Holly Hatam (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781499807318
Publication Date: 2018-10-09
This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman; Kristyna Litten (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781433816581
Publication Date: 2013-10-01
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino; Isabelle Malenfant (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781554983476
Publication Date: 2014-05-13
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763690458
Publication Date: 2018-04-23
Maiden and Princess by Daniel Haack; Isabel Galupo; Becca Human (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781499807769
Publication Date: 2019-04-02
Rainbow by Michael Genhart; Anne Passchier (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781433830877
Publication Date: 2019-05-01
Neither by Airlie Anderson
ISBN: 9780316547697
Publication Date: 2018-02-13
Introducing Teddy by Dougal MacPherson (Illustrator); Jessica Walton
ISBN: 9781681192109
Publication Date: 2016-05-31
Red by Michael Hall (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062252098
Publication Date: 2015-02-03
Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
ISBN: 9780525554226
Publication Date: 2018-12-24
Pride Colors by Robin Stevenson
ISBN: 9781459820708
Publication Date: 2019-03-12