Four new picture books highlight the many ways to approach LGBTQ inclusion, from books specifically about LGBTQ identities to ones where the queerness is incidental to the tale, and places in between. Take the journey with me!
More than 100 books made the American Library Association’s annual Rainbow Book List of librarian-approved titles with “significant and authentic” LGBTQIA+ content for children and teens. Let’s look more closely at the books, why they matter, and at some exclusive charts showing trends over the years.
Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, the tale of a girl worried that her favorite uncle will no longer have time for her after he marries his boyfriend, is becoming an animated television special. This has long been one of my favorite picture books, and I’m thrilled by the news.
Four new middle-grade books are full of haunted locales, strange powers, and queer characters of various identities. Supernatural adventures await!
Today is Multicultural Children’s Book Day, so I’m showcasing 6 recent children’s books with LGBTQ or gender creative characters that also celebrate a diversity of cultures!
Meet the queer experts in the latest issue of Kazoo Magazine! They’re part of the lesbian-mom-led publication’s ongoing queer inclusion. (And there’s positive representation of neurodivergence here, too!)
A book about a gender nonconforming Mexican revolutionary has received a prestigious Caldecott Honor, while other LGBTQ-inclusive children’s and young adult books also won recognition at the American Library Association’s annual Youth Media Awards.
The past two school years have seen “a mounting crisis of book bans,” according to a report released recently from PEN America. While the record number of bans is worrying in itself, just as concerning are the trends in how the bans are spreading.
Robie H. Harris’ It’s So Amazing has long been a bestselling (and frequently challenged/banned) book on human reproduction and families for children 7 to 10 years old. A new edition is more LGBTQ-inclusive than ever—but how much so? Here’s my deep dive.
2024 is starting off right, with some great LGBTQ-inclusive picture books and middle-grade titles. Here are a few of my early favorites.
