9 Intriguing Quotes from New LGBTQ Middle Grade Titles
The first middle grade book ever to be set at Family Week in Provincetown is out today! Here are some tantalizing quotes from that title and other recent ones I haven’t covered yet.
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Author Responds to Misrepresentation of Book in U.S. Supreme Court Case
A recent filing in an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case about LGBTQ books in the classroom shows that the plaintiffs are continuing to misrepresent the books they are targeting. One author shared her thoughts with me on how her book is being twisted.
12 LGBTQ Kids’ Books Featuring Libraries and Librarians
Today is National Library Workers Day, part of National Library Week, so here are some LGBTQ-inclusive picture and middle-grade books that show how librarians and libraries can have a positive impact on young people’s lives.
New Middle Grade Books With Trans and Nonbinary Protagonists Offer Insight and Adventure
The start of 2025 has seen a wide range of terrific new middle grade books starring transgender and nonbinary youth, in contemporary settings, a near-future community on Mars, and fantastical worlds of excitement and wonder. Share these with the young people in your lives.
14 Recent Kids’ Books With Trans Protagonists
In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility today, here are some terrific recent picture, chapter, and middle grade books with trans protagonists (including real-life heroes), great for reading at any time of year!
2 New Volumes in 2 Queer-Inclusive Chapter Book Series
Chapter books often get short shrift, stuck between colorful picture books and weightier middle-grade titles for older tweens. But these two chapter book series, which each have new volumes out this month, are magical, queer inclusive, and worth a read!
“My Gender, My Rules” Picture Book Cover Reveal
I am thrilled and honored to bring you the cover reveal for My Gender, My Rules by Andy Passchier! This joyous picture book from Little Bee Books, in partnership with GLAAD, will help adults and kids start to have important conversations about gender, feelings, and understanding themselves.
16 Kids’ Books About Protests and Activism
A timely new picture book explores the role of protests in American history, so let’s take a look—and round up some other recent picture books and middle grade titles about protests and activism. They’re all queer-inclusive, but look at a wide variety of social justice movements and moments.
25 Queer Picture Book Biographies for International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day to all women! Let’s celebrate with some of my favorite picture book biographies of queer women, a queer-parented woman, and one notable ally. They include two upcoming titles worth putting on your radar now!
3 Recent LGBTQ-Inclusive Kids’ Books With STEM Themes
Today marks Stand Up for Science 2025, part of a movement to defend science as a public good. I’m therefore highlighting three recent kids’ books, each showing a different way that LGBTQ people, characters, and themes appear in STEM-related books.