Books Full of Pride
Dive into this list of children’s Pride books and celebrate love and the LGBTQIA+ community with us!
- Sewing the Rainbow: The Story of Gilbert Baker and the Rainbow Flag by Gayle E. Pitman Ill and Holly Clifton-Brown (Magination Press)
- The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang. (First Second/Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group)
- 10 Things I Can See From Here by Carrie Mac (Alfred A. Knopf/Random House Children’s Books)
- Spinning by Tillie Walden. (First Second/Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group)
- Julián Is a Mermaid written and illustrated by Jessica Love (Candlewick)
- Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden (Macmillan Children’s Book Group / First Second)
- Pride 123 by Michael Jooston (Simon & Schuster)
- Love Is Love by Dr. Michael Genhart, Illus. by Ken Min (Sourcebooks / Little Pickle)
- They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (HarperTeen / HarperCollins)
- Pride Colors by Robin Stevenson (Orca Book Publishers)
- Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution by Rob Sanders. Illus. Jamey Christoph (Random House Books For Young Readers)
- The Fighting Infantryman: Albert D.J. Cashier, Transgender Civil War Soldier by Rob Sanders; illus. by Nabi H. Ali (Little Bee Books)
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (Candlewick Press)
- Far from the Tree: How Children and Their Parents Learn to Accept One Another…Our Differences Unite Us (Young Adult Edition) by Andrew Solomon adapted by Laurie Calkhoven (Simon & Schuster)
- Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager. Illustrated by Zoë More O’Ferrall. (HarperCollins)
- Absolute Brightness by James Lecesne (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Feiwel & Friends)
- Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story about Gender and Friendship by Jessica Walton. Illustrated by Dougal MacPherson (Bloomsbury USA)
- Jack (Not Jackie) by Erica Silverman; illus. by Holly Hatam (Little Bee Books)
- The Last Leaves Falling by Fox Benwell (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
- TRANS+: Love, Sex, Romance by Karen Rayne, PhD, and Kathryn Gonzales, MBA; illus. by Anne Passchier and Nyk Rayne (Magination Press)
- Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard (HarperCollins)
- Jacob’s Room to Choose by Sarah Hoffman and Ian Hoffman; illus. by Chris Case (Magination Press)
- It Looks Like This by Rafi Mittlefehldt (Candlewick Press)
- The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Farrar, Straus and Giroux Trade)
- I’m a Girl! by Yasmeen Ismail (Bloomsbury)
- Alex as Well by Alyssa Brugman (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Henry Holt)
- My Maddy by Gayle E. Pitman, PhD; illus. by Violet Tobacco (Magination Press)
- George by Alex Gino (Scholastic Press)
- Gay & Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights by Jerome Pohlen (Chicago Review Press)
- Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights by Ann Bausum (Viking Books for Young Readers)
- We Are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia (HarperCollins)
- It Feels Good to be Yourself by Theresa Thorn; illus. by Noah Grigni (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group)
- Beauty Of The Broken by Tawni Waters (Simon & Schuster / Simon Pulse)
- The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus (Penguin Young Readers/Dutton BFYR)
- To Night Owl From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer (Penguin Young Readers / Dial BFYR)
- Untold: Defining Moments of the Uprooted edited by Gabrielle Deonath and Kamini Ramdeen (Mango & Marigold Press)
- Bow-Wow-Meow by Blanca Lacasam, illus. by GÓMEZ (NubeOcho)
- The Magic Pencil by Luis Amavisca, illus. by Alicia Gómez Camus (NubeOcho)
- The Truly Brave Princesses by Dolores Brown, illus. by Sonja Wimmer (NubeOcho)
- Princess Li / La princesa Li by Luis Amavisca, illus. by Elena Rendeiro (NubeOcho)
- My Dad Is a Clown / Mi papá es un payaso by José Carlos Andrés, illus. by Natalia Hernandez (NubeOcho)
- Federico and All His Families by Mili Hernández, illus. by GÓMEZ (NubeOcho)
- ‘Twas the Night Before Pride by Joanna McClintick, illus. by Juana Medina (Candlewick Press)
- Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour, illus. by Kaylani Juanita (Candlewick Press)
- Firsts and Lasts: The Changing Seasons by Leda Schubert, illus. by Clover Robin (Candlewick Press)
More booklists and resources can be found on our LGBTQIA+ Book and Resources page.
