Research Guides: Education Resource Area: GLBTQ Children's Books

GLBTQ Children's Picture Books

GLBTQ Children's and YA (K-12) Books from CCBC (The Cooperative Children’s Book Center, study and research library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Rainbow Booklists -ALA

And Baby Makes 4! by Judith Benjamin
ISBN: 9780615316826
Publication Date: 2009-10-01
Being You: a First Conversation about Gender by Megan Madison; Jessica Ralli; Anne/Andy Passchier (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780593382646
Publication Date: 2021-08-17
Best Friend Next Door by Carolyn Mackler
ISBN: 9780545709446
Publication Date: 2015-05-26
Born Ready by Jodie Patterson; Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780593123638
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
Celebrating Families by Rosemarie Hausherr
ISBN: 9780590489379
Publication Date: 1997-04-01
The Center of Everything by Linda Urban
ISBN: 9780547763484
Publication Date: 2013-03-05
Daddy, Papa, and Me by Carol Thompson (Illustrator); Lesléa Newman
ISBN: 9781582462622
Publication Date: 2009-06-09
Daddy and Dada by Ryan Brockington; Isaac Webster; Lauren May (Artist)
ISBN: 9780316427029
Publication Date: 2021-05-18
Dear Child by John Farrell; Maurie J. Manning (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781590784952
Publication Date: 2008-03-01
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
ISBN: 9780545326995
Publication Date: 2012-09-01
Families by Susan Kuklin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780786808229
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island by Dana Alison Levy
ISBN: 9780553521313
Publication Date: 2016-05-10
Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz
ISBN: 9781442453128
Publication Date: 2012-04-17
Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
ISBN: 9781423185277
Publication Date: 2014-11-04
The Great Big Book of Families by Mary Hoffman; Ros Asquith (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780803735163
Publication Date: 2011-04-14
The Harvey Milk Story by Kari Krakow; David Gardner (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780967446837
Publication Date: 2002-05-01
Heather Has Two Mommies by Lesléa Newman; Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763666316
Publication Date: 2015-03-11
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Home at Last by Vera B. Williams (Illustrator); Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780061349744
Publication Date: 2016-09-13
How My Family Came to Be - Daddy, Papa and Me by Andrew R. Aldrich
ISBN: 9780974200804
Publication Date: 2003-07-01
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel; Jazz Jennings; Shelagh McNicholas (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780803741072
Publication Date: 2014-09-04
Introducing Teddy by Jess Walton; Dougal MacPherson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781681192109
Publication Date: 2016-05-31
Jacob's New Dress by Sarah Hoffman; Ian Hoffman; Chris Case (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780807563731
Publication Date: 2014-03-01
Jacob loves playing dress-up, when he can be anything he wants to be. This heartwarming story speaks to the unique challenges faced by boys who don't identify with traditional gender roles.
Leonardo Da Vinci by Kathleen Krull; Boris Kulikov (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780670059201
Publication Date: 2005-07-21
The Lopez Family by Monica Bey-Clarke; Cheril N. Clarke; Christina Rosado (Translator); Aiswarya Mukherjee (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780976727361
Publication Date: 2011-09-15
Mommy, Mama, and Me by Carol Thompson (Illustrator); Lesléa Newman
ISBN: 9781582462639
Publication Date: 2009-06-09
My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis; Suzanne DeSimone (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781442429888
Publication Date: 2010-12-21
My Two Dads by Claudia Harrington; Zoe Persico (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781624021084
Publication Date: 2016-09-01
My Two Moms by Claudia Harrington; Zoe Persico (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781624021107
Publication Date: 2016-09-01
Pride by Robin Stevenson
ISBN: 9781459821248
Publication Date: 2020-03-24
Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer; Holly Clifton-Brown (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452111902
Publication Date: 2015-05-05
This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman; Kristyna Litten (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781433816581
Publication Date: 2013-10-01
The Truth about Twinkie Pie by Kat Yeh
ISBN: 9780316236621
Publication Date: 2015-01-27
Two Grooms on a Cake by Rob Sanders; Robbie Cathro (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781499809565
Publication Date: 2021-05-04
What Are Your Words? by Katherine Locke; Anne Passchier (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316542067
Publication Date: 2021-05-25
What Riley Wore by Elana K. Arnold; Linda Davick (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481472609
Publication Date: 2019-08-27

GLBTQ Reference Book

Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference by Jamie Campbell Naidoo
ISBN: 9781598849615
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
As one of the only highly praised resources on this important topic, this thoughtfully compiled book examines and suggests picture books and chapter books presenting LGBTQ content to children under the age of 12. * A foreword by K.T. Horning of the Cooperative Children's Book Center * An extensive bibliography of picture books, easy chapter books, nonfiction books and nonprint materials with LGBTQ content for children ages 12 and under * An index of key terms for each title provides easy access to titles representing a specific aspect of LGBTQ culture
Dignity for All by Peter M. DeWitt
ISBN: 9781452205908
Publication Date: 2012-03-06
Lesbian and Gay Voices by Frances A. Day; Nancy Garden (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0313311625
Publication Date: 2000-06-30
Safe Spaces by Annemarie Vaccaro; Gerri August; Megan S. Kennedy
ISBN: 9780313393686
Publication Date: 2011-11-02

More GLBTQ Children's Books

10,000 Dresses by Rex Ray (Illustrator); Marcus Ewert
ISBN: 9781583228500
Publication Date: 2008-11-04
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson; Peter Parnell; Henry Cole (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481446952
Publication Date: 2015-06-02
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle
ISBN: 9781442446915
Publication Date: 2014-01-21
Boy Talk by Caroline Plaisted
ISBN: 9781609920852
Publication Date: 2011-01-07
The Different Dragon by Jennifer Liu Bryan; Danamarie Hosler (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0967446864
Publication Date: 2006-10-01
Donovan's Big Day by Lesléa Newman; Mike Dutton (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781582463322
Publication Date: 2011-04-26
Emma and Meesha My Boy by Kaitlyn Taylor Considine
ISBN: 9781413416008
Publication Date: 2003-11-01
Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle
ISBN: 9781442446939
Publication Date: 2014-01-21
George by Álex Gino
ISBN: 9780545812542
Publication Date: 2015-08-25
Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude by Jonah Winter; Calef Brown (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781416940883
Publication Date: 2009-02-10
I'm Adopted! by Shelley Rotner; Sheila M. Kelly
ISBN: 9780823422944
Publication Date: 2011-07-29
I'm Not a Girl by Maddox Lyons; Dana Simpson (Illustrator); Jessica Verdi
ISBN: 9780374310684
Publication Date: 2020-08-04
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel; Jazz Jennings; Shelagh McNicholas (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780803741072
Publication Date: 2014-09-04
It's Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr
ISBN: 9780316155625
Publication Date: 2004-05-01
King and King by Linda de Haan (Illustrator); Stern Nijland (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781582460611
Publication Date: 2003-03-01
Max and the Talent Show by Kyle Lukoff; Luciano Lozano (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781478867890
Publication Date: 2019-01-01
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy
ISBN: 9780385376525
Publication Date: 2014-07-22
Mis Primeras Palabras by Stella Blackstone; Sunny Scribens
ISBN: 9781782853251
Publication Date: 2017-04-01
Molly's Family by Nancy Garden; Sharon Wooding (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0374350027
Publication Date: 2004-04-07
Mom Marries Mum! by Ken Setterington; Alice Priestley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781772601343
Publication Date: 2020-09-08
My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer by Jennifer Gennari
ISBN: 9780547577395
Publication Date: 2012-05-08
My Two Moms by Claudia Harrington; Zoe Persico (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781624021107
Publication Date: 2016-09-01
One Hundred Is a Family by Pam Muñoz Ryan; Benrei Huang (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781562826727
Publication Date: 1994-10-01
Groups making up many different kinds of families introduce the numbers from one to ten and then by tens to one hundred.
Pride by Rob Sanders; Steven Salerno (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399555312
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Respecting the Contributions of LGBT Americans by Anna Kingston
ISBN: 9781448874460
Publication Date: 2012-08-15
A Tale of Two Daddies by Vanita Oelschlager; Kristin Blackwood (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780981971452
Publication Date: 2010-04-01
Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen (Illustrator); Sarah Brannen
ISBN: 9780399247125
Publication Date: 2008-03-27
Pride 1 2 3 by Michael Joosten; Wednesday Holmes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781534464995
Publication Date: 2020-05-05
Sam! by Dani Gabriel; Robert Liu-Trujillo (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780999658437
Publication Date: 2019-09-10
IntersectionAllies by Chelsea Johnson; LaToya Council; Carolyn Choi; Ashley Seil Smith (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781948340083
Publication Date: 2019-07-23