Two brand-new chapter book series star nonbinary protagonists and aren’t “about” being nonbinary. One features a witch-in-training at a magical bakery, while the other centers a kid who wants to create positive change for their friends, their school, and themself.
Five picture books and five middle grade titles are among the finalists announced yesterday for the 37th Lambda Literary Awards. Let’s take a closer look at the titles and the significance of the awards.
Happy International Drag Day! Get into the mood and keep the glitter going all year with these 18 board, picture, chapter, and middle grade books featuring drag performers.
Today is International Nonbinary People’s Day, but you can keep the spirit going all year long with these great board, picture, early reader, and middle grade books that have nonbinary protagonists.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision saying that parents have the right to opt out their children before LGBTQ-inclusive books are read in public school classrooms is awful for many reasons. I want to focus here, though, on one that may feel amorphous but that should be at the heart of our response: its attack on queer joy.
“Today’s ruling threatens the very essence of public education,” said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a dissent after the court decided today that parents have the right to opt out their children before LGBTQ-inclusive books are read in public school classrooms.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide tomorrow in Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case revolving around LGBTQ-inclusive books in public school classrooms. Two of the books in the case were published by Little Bee Books, whose CEO and editorial director spoke with me about LGBTQ inclusion, their partnership with LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD, and the case itself.
Let’s cover several age groups in today’s book highlights, with a recent picture book, a chapter book, and two middle grade titles that explore allyship, community, the relationship between people and the environment—and what would happen if a queer-inclusive boarding school was training its students to fight the evil magic users.
Happy Father’s (or Fathers’) Day to the dads, to all who fill that role, and to all who claim today as their own. Let’s celebrate with a roundup of recent picture books (and one board book) featuring queer dads!
Chasten Buttigieg’s Papa’s Coming Home is the first picture book with human LGBTQ characters on the New York Times Best Sellers list. If it whets your appetite for similar tales, here are seven others that also don’t make an “issue” of LGBTQ identities and that involve traveling family members or preparing to welcome them.
