Happy Father’s (or Fathers’) Day to the dads, to all who fill that role, and to all who claim today as their own. Let’s celebrate with a roundup of recent picture books (and one board book) featuring queer dads!
Most of these books were published in 2024 or 2025, although I’ve reached back to 2023 for one on transgender dads, who have unfortunately not been represented in newer titles. Click images for full reviews—and visit the full Database of LGBTQ Family Books for even more dad-related books from previous years!
A sweet family story about a boy and a girl who are happily preparing for the homecoming of their Papa, who has been away on a trip. Two boys try to one-up each other about their dads in increasingly silly ways—until we see that the dads are actually a loving couple. Fashion designer Thai Nguyen and author Monique Truong have created a tale about embracing traditions while respecting individuality, set in a two-dad household.A warm and joyous board book that focuses on the internal meaning of pride even as it takes us to a literal Pride celebration.“It’s Pride, baby,” and the message from these two dads to their child is one of affirmation and support, no matter who the child grows to be or love.A boy in foster care meets his new, two-dad family and sister for the first time in this lovely story.A girl in foster care wishes to stay permanently with the two dads who have given her a home.A girl stands up for her family when some kids question whether she and her brother, who are adopted, are real siblings.YouTube creators and husbands Sam Tsui and Casey Breves take readers on a joyful, rhyming exploration of the titular question, following a young girl and her two dads.A hysterically funny tale of a child and one dad trying to lure the child’s other dad out of bed in the morning.Princess Pru (who has two dads) and her best friend Oggy the Ogre switch places, thinking life is better for the other. But things don’t go as planned….Life was “just right” for Sofia and her two dads—but now, a new brother will soon arrive, and Sofia has lots of questions. Will her dads like the new child better? Does the new child even want a sister?Two dads and their three kids are following a rainbow to find the Rainbowsaurus in this interactive tale.Not queer explicit, but queer dads (and others) will see themselves in this book about the many ways dads show love and kindness, beyond the bounds of gender roles.A joyful book told by a baby growing inside a daddy’s belly and then being born into a loving family.
