Lesléa Newman, author of Heather Has Two Mommies and more than 80 other books, has a very personal connection to Matthew Shepard, the young man murdered in 1998 because he was gay. Her moving and powerful new volume explores his life and legacy.
This week’s haul of new LGBTQ family books includes some truly great reads for both grown-ups and kids, including a biography of the queer woman who transformed children’s literature; a book for Christian families looking to support their trans and nonbinary kids (or those wondering why they should); a baking book by a chef-illustrator pair whose names you may know separately; and more.
To celebrate Grandparents Day, here are 15 books featuring LGBTQ grandparents—plus another 15 showing grandparents supporting their LGBTQ grandchildren! They make grand reading today or any time of year.
It’s back-to-school time and International Literacy Day, so let’s celebrate some of the heroes of literacy in school and community: librarians! Here are six kids’ books featuring queer librarians, librarians helping queer kids, and librarians in drag!
Rubble & Crew, a spin-off of Nickelodeon’s smash-hit kids’ show Paw Patrol, has dropped an episode with the franchise’s first nonbinary character (and first confirmed LGBTQ character overall), written by Lindz Amer of Queer Kid Stuff.
If one LGBTQ-inclusive book is good, two are better! Here are some pairs of middle-grade books with common themes—if you like one, you (or the young readers in your life) might like the other, too!
What Does Love Look Like?, the latest album from family music group Strawbitty Yops, is all about “the different ways we show and receive love.” It includes their single about queer joy, “Rainbow Superpowers,” along with other upbeat tunes about family, community, collaboration, listening, gratitude, and more.
Three LGBTQ-inclusive picture books out today explore a range of emotions, from warm family times with diverse families, to coping with grief after the death of a pet, to joy and self-confidence with a dash of romance!
It’s that time of year again, so here are more than 30 LGBTQ-inclusive picture books involving first days of school or other school situations—plus a bonus of three classics published more than four decades ago, showing just how long such books have been around!
It’s International Cat Day, so let’s celebrate with these LGBTQ-inclusive board, picture, and middle-grade books involving our feline friends—including a brand-new board book with a two-mom family that’s not “about” being a two-mom family!
