18 Kids’ Books Featuring Drag Performers
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.
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10 Recent Kids’ Books With Nonbinary Protagonists
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.
4 New LGBTQ Kids’ Books of Community and Connection
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.
LGBTQ Middle Grade Books: Sequels and Synergies
What’s better than an LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ book? Two or more LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books! These middle grade duos and trios bring extra reading fun, whether they’re sequels to earlier books or just books with related themes. Each match-up includes at least one book that’s new this year.
Mombian Database of LGBTQ Family Books Hits Milestone of 1,800+ Entries
I’m thrilled to announce that the Mombian Database of LGBTQ Family Books now has over 1,800 entries, with more than 100 added since last November. Come see what’s new for children ages 0 to 12 and for grown-ups, search and filter by topic and identity, and read my in-depth reviews!
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.
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.
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.
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.