16 Spooky LGBTQ Kids’ Books for Halloween
Put a little (kid-friendly) spookiness in your season with these terrific LGBTQ-inclusive picture books and middle grade titles filled with ghosts, spirits, witches, and even queer vampire and werewolf moms!
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10 LGBTQ-Inclusive Picture Books Celebrating Indigenous Cultures
It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and there are now even more LGBTQ-inclusive children’s books that celebrate indigenous people and cultures than last year—so here’s a new roundup, great for reading all year ’round!
9 Picture Book Biographies for International Lesbian Day and LGBTQ History Month
It’s International Lesbian Day and LGBTQ History Month, so here are some picture book biographies of lesbians you should know!
Two New Memoirs Explore Queer Families
Two new memoirs offer differing looks at queer families. In one, the author reflects on the coming out not only of her and her two siblings (as lesbian, bi, and trans, respectively), but of their dad as gay. In another, the author shares her story of navigating infertility, miscarriage, breast cancer, separation, and adoption.
STEM Learning and a Nonbinary Protagonist Create “Something Great”
Something Great … is simply great! A nonbinary child stars in this story of STEM thinking, creativity, and friendship that refreshingly is not “about” their queer identity. Author/illustrator Jeanette Bradley was kind enough to share a little about her inspiration and influences.
2 Queer Educators Launching Mobile LGBTQ Children’s Bookstore in San Francisco
Out & About Bookshop, a mobile bookstore offering LGBTQ children’s books, story times, youth book clubs, and community events, is launching this Saturday in San Francisco. One of the two queer educators behind its creation shared some insight about the project with me.
Library Hosting Free, Virtual, LGBTQ-Inclusive Event Tomorrow for Kids Anywhere
LGBTQ+ kids, those with LGBTQ+ parents, and allies, in grades K through 5, are invited to a free, virtual program tomorrow to “meet new friends, discover LGBTQ+ books, enjoy activities and special guests, and discuss gender and identity issues in a safe space.” The monthly program, hosted by a library in Pennsylvania, is open to children anywhere!
“Banned Together” Auction Is Raising Funds to Send LGBTQ-Inclusive Books to Schools
Non-profit Pride and Less Prejudice, which has donated over 7,500 LGBTQ-inclusive picture books to elementary school classrooms in the U.S. and Canada since its founding in 2019, is holding a virtual auction through this weekend so they can send 800 more. Check out some of the amazing offerings!
Renewing the Fight Against Book Banning
This week marks Banned Books Week, the American Library Association’s (ALA’s) annual celebration of the freedom to read—but this year feels more like a call to action than a celebration. Book bans and other attempts at censorship, largely targeting the LGBTQ and other marginalized communities, are raging across the country. Here’s what’s happening, how others are fighting back, and how you can help.
Trailer: New Kids’ Podcast (by a Queer Mom) Explores Our Strange Natural World
A new kids’ podcast series about the expectation-defying natural world, by a Peabody Award-winning science journalist who’s co-host of WNYC Studios’ Radiolab, co-founder of NPR’s Invisibilia, and also a queer mom? With stuff about alternative family structures? Yes! Listen to a trailer here.