3 New Kids’ Graphic Novels With Nonbinary Protagonists
Three new graphic novels with nonbinary protagonists give chapter book and middle grade readers three very different stories of friendship, community, and compassion.
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Celebrating Nonbinary Parents With Picture Books, Kids’ Music, and Parental Names
Celebrate Nonbinary Parents Day today with these picture books featuring nonbinary parents (and other nonbinary adult relatives), a beautiful lullaby about nonbinary parents, and suggestions for nonbinary parental names from many nonbinary parents. Wishing all nonbinary parents a day full of love and joy!
2 New Middle Grade Novels of Coming Out and Coming of Age
Not every LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ book needs to be “about” being LGBTQ—but that doesn’t mean there isn’t also room for engaging, insightful coming out stories, like this week’s two excellent new middle grade titles.
21 LGBTQ-Inclusive Kids’ Books Featuring Space and Astronomy
Artemis II is making its moon flyby today—so I’m rounding up some LGBTQ-inclusive picture, chapter, and middle grade books involving astronomy and/or space. (I was an astronomy major, so this was particularly fun for me.) Share them with the young people in your life who dream of the stars!
3 New Picture Books Celebrating LGBTQ People of Faith
In this week of religious holidays for many, here are three new picture books showing that LGBTQ identities and faith don’t always stand in opposition. One stars a queer-parented family exploring the concept of God, another stars a two-dad family active in their church, and the third stars a Jewish trans girl.
6 New Trans-Inclusive Kids’ Books of Adventure and Affirmation
To mark this year’s Trans Rights Readathon, here are six recent trans-inclusive chapter book and middle grade titles, including the second volume in a magic-school series with a transgender boy protagonist, and another about a trans girl who discovers she’s a witch—perfect if you’re seeking alternatives to She Who Must Not Be Named.
New Middle Grade Bio Shows One Queer Woman’s Outsized Impact on American Children’s Literature
Ursula Nordstrom had an outsized impact on American children’s literature as editor of Where the Wild Things Are, Charlotte’s Web, Goodnight Moon, and many other classics. A new middle grade biography also shows her as a queer woman, a champion of books centering marginalized identities, and an opponent of censorship.
Federal Bill to Ban LGBTQ Books and Programs in Schools Leans on Old Fears
As a queer mom who started my family via assisted reproduction in a doctor’s office, I’m tired of my son being exposed at school to stories of heterosexual families, most of whom were created via sexual intercourse.
Invisible Queer Tweens Find Visibility in 2 New Middle Grade Books
Two terrific new middle grade novels out today offer different looks at queer tweens who feel invisible—figuratively or literally. One protagonist is a genderqueer youth on a dark, fantastical adventure (just don’t call him the hero); the other is a girl beginning to realize her asexual identity.
3 New LGBTQ-Inclusive Books for Young and Growing Readers
This week’s new LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books include a delightful trans-led chapter book from the incomparable Kyle Lukoff; a book for LGBTQ families (and others) exploring faith; and the U.S. edition of a funny tale about a girl, a unicorn, and her magical veterinarian dads.