A reader just wrote to ask me if I knew of any LGBT-inclusive children’s books in Spanish, especially for the very youngest tots. She knew of Antonio’s Card/La Tarjeta de Antonio, by Rigoberto Gonzalez and Cecilia Alvarez, but felt that was a little beyond the age of her own child.

I’ll add the bilingual English/Spanish Best Best Colors: Los mejores colores, by Eric Hoffman and Celeste Henriquez, but that, too, is more of a preschool/early elementary book rather than a toddler book. The classic Heather Has Two Mommies, again for the same age range, also exists as Paula tiene dos mamas, but I’ve never liked Heather as a starter book for kids since it focuses on a child being teased about her family. That’s important to explain at some point, but can also create fears where there were none.

For toddlers (and up), all I could find was Todd Parr’s It’s Okay to Be Different in Spanish as Esta Bien Ser Diferente. The book is not LGBT-specific, but includes depictions of two moms and two dads with the captions (in the English version) “It’s okay to have different Moms [Dads].”

This is a pretty meager showing. Anyone know of any other Spanish-language children’s books (originals or translations from another language) that are LGBT-inclusive? Although my reader was interested in ones for toddlers, leave a comment if you know of any for any age child.