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Books for Kids

LGBTQ middle-grade fantasy books 2023

Queer Kids Save the World!

Queer kids save the world (or the kingdom) in these great recent middle-grade books set in fantasy realms or fantastical versions of our own world. If you’re looking for books of action, adventure, and magic, starring queer kids with a variety of intersecting identities, check them out!

LGBTQ Children's Books for Valentine's Day

40+ LGBTQ Kids’ Books About Love for Valentine’s Day

Let’s celebrate Valentine’s Day with some LGBTQ-inclusive picture books on love! Here are some of my favorites (including a bunch of new ones for this year) that showcase different kinds of love: romantic, familial, and otherwise.

Kyle Lukoff

Reading with Kyle Lukoff

When I discovered that Newbery Honoree and Stonewall Award winner Kyle Lukoff would be doing a reading at a nearby children’s library last Saturday, I immediately changed my plans and went to hear him. I wasn’t disappointed.

Choosing Family - The Swifts - Sugar Pie Lullaby

3 New LGBTQ Family Books for Kids and Grown-Ups

There’s something for little kids, middle graders, and grown-ups in three great new LGBTQ-inclusive books out today! Check them out—especially because the queer content in the kids’ books isn’t immediately obvious!

LGBTQ Children's Books for World Read Aloud Day

10 LGBTQ-Inclusive Kids’ Books for World Read Aloud Day

Today is World Read Aloud Day, and while reading any children’s book aloud with your kids on any day is a great idea, here are 10 LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books whose rhythms and wordplay make them particularly fun to read aloud!

2023 Rainbow Book List - Young Readers

A Record 190+ Books Selected for 2023 Rainbow Book List

The 2023 Rainbow Book List from the American Library Association includes a record 190+ librarian-approved books with“significant and authentic” LGBTQIA+ content for children and teens. Let’s look at the books—and at some charts showing how such books have increased over the years!

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