This past week has been full of news about awful anti-LGBTQ bills and policies, many (if not all) of which harm children. These books won’t cure that, but they offer a dose of queer joy and perhaps will give some affirmation and support to young people who need this now more than ever.
Check out some of the great new kids’ books about Pride and the history behind it! Here’s a roundup of some of 2022’s best picture books and middle grade titles on the topic, out now or coming soon!
I’m thrilled to have been chosen to present the cover reveal of ‘Twas the Night Before Pride, an upcoming picture book from Candlewick Press that combines the meter of the classic poem with a child’s-eye look at the feelings and history of Pride.
This Pride Month, I am feeling a double sort of pride: Pride at being part of the LGBTQ community and pride in my son as he graduates from high school.
The first children’s book to depict an LGBTQ Pride celebration was published three decades ago, in 1991. Now, there are many titles that look at the feelings, symbols, and history of Pride, plus hundreds more that are simply LGBTQ inclusive. Let’s take a look!
Yes, it’s a trifecta of posts today about LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ shows and videos! Here’s an awesome Pride video from Nick Jr. show “Blue’s Clues & You,” featuring all kinds of queer families and sung by drag queen Nina West! Families with two moms, two dads, nonbinary babas, trans, ace, and bi parents, and allies—they’re all here!
There are happily now many children’s books about Pride, but Robin Stevenson may be the author who has taken up the subject for the most age groups. Over the past few years, Stevenson, an award-winning author of more than 25 books in total, has published a board book, a picture book, a middle grade nonfiction book, and a young adult novel, all revolving around Pride.
If you buy just one kids’ book for Pride this year, make it Robin Stevenson’s new Pride Puppy! It’s an alphabet book with a fun story arc, plus a seek-and-find game, all wrapped up in a package bursting with diversity across LGBTQ and other identities. The main family that we follow through the book includes a female parent and a nonbinary parent, their two kids, and of course their dog—but they’re just a few of the many characters portrayed here.
Pride is almost upon us, so why not start the celebration with some great kids’ books about it? Several have come out since last year, so here’s a roundup of old and new!
This past Pride Month saw an explosion of rainbows on products from sneakers to snack foods, reenergizing the debate over whether and how corporate America should be involved in Pride. For me, two things come to bear here: My belief that companies should support LGBTQ equality if they are going to market to us—and the fact that my family would not exist as it does now if it was not for the benefits my spouse and I received from the companies where we worked.
