A New, All-Gender Guide for Tweens Who Have Periods (and Even Those Who Don’t)
Yes, this new book for tweens is inclusive of people of all genders who have periods! The positive, informative, and thorough guide is a great book, period.
Books for Kids
More Queer-Inclusive Picture Books Celebrating Indigenous Cultures
For Indigenous People’s Day today, here’s an updated look at queer-inclusive children’s books that celebrate indigenous people and cultures—great for reading all year ’round!
3 of 5 Finalists for 2021 National Book Awards for Young People’s Literature Have Queer Protagonists
All five shortlisted finalists for the National Book Awards for Young People’s Literature, announced today, focus on people with marginalized identities. Three of the five have queer protagonists. I’ve reviewed all three, so come and meet them again!
Two Men in Love and Their 456 Chickens: New Picture Book Is a Feathery Delight
Chickens are inherently funny. Four hundred and fifty-six of them are hilarious. Add in their owner and his partner/husband who are trying to wrangle the pesky birds, a nonsense song that your children will love to repeat (you’ve been warned), drawings with fun details to discover, and a perfectly paced narrative, and you have all the makings of a children’s book hit.
New Kids’ Books on LGBTQ History (and Dozens More)
It’s LGBTQ History Month, one of my favorite times of the year! Several new kids’ books on LGBTQ history and historical figures have come out since I last rounded them up, and a great new one is coming out shortly, so here’s a look!
5 Ways to Celebrate Banned Books Week 2021
It’s Banned Books Week, the annual event celebrating the freedom to read! LGBTQ-inclusive children’s books are among those most frequently banned, along with books that have themes of race and racial justice. Here are five things you can do now to celebrate and support banned books.
A Delightful Tale of a First Sleepover (that Happens to Include a Two-Mom Family)
In the latest book of the long-running Lola Reads series, Lola is off to her first sleepover! She’s excited about spending the night with her cousin Hani and Hani’s two moms, Lola’s aunts. The fact that they’re a two-mom couple is a complete non-issue.
A Soothing Bedtime Read from the Author of “Heather Has Two Mommies”
Any day there’s a new book by Lesléa Newman is a good day. Her latest story is a sweet bedtime poem celebrating the natural world and different types of families.
The Two Board Books Challenging Homophobia Around the World
Lawrence Schimel and Elina Braslina’s two board books for toddlers, Early One Morning and Bedtime, Not Playtime, are delightful slice-of-life tales about families that just happen to have same-sex parents. Schimel’s clever networking has also made them perhaps the most-translated LGBTQ-inclusive children’s books ever and brought them to countries that have few such books already.
Paralympic Gold Medalist Was Raised by Two Moms (and There’s a New Picture Book About Her)
Tatyana McFadden last Saturday won her 20th Paralympic medal—8th gold—and set her 3rd world record! A new picture book biography traces her life from an orphanage in Russia, to being raised by two moms, to becoming “the fastest woman on Earth.”