LGBTQ Children's Books (Baby to Middle Grade)

Juvenile / Middle Grade / School Age / Young Reader books featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or trans, queer, questioning, asexual, nonbinary, genderfluid, genderqueer, pansexual, two spirit, demisexual, or other romantic and sexual orientations and gender identities. Not exhaustive or complete.

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"Six kids search for a new place to call home in this middle grade graphic novel debut by comic creators Cait May and Trevor Bream, for fans of Marvel's Runaways and The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag. Another Kind is not your average monster story. Tucked away in a government facility nicknamed the Playroom, six not-quite-human kids learn to control their strange and unpredictable abilities. Life is good--or safe, at least--hidden from the prying...
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"A mermaid, a firebird, and a witch become entangled with the mysterious and powerful Witch Queen, who may hold the key to each of their past in this epic middle grade fantasy by debut author Vivian Zhou."--Publisher's description.
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Cross my heart volume 1.
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Tuva is starting seventh grade, and her checklist of goals includes: writing out a diary, getting a trendy look, building the best fort in the woods with her BFFs, and much more. But when she starts school, nothing is how she hoped it would be. Seventh grade has split her friends into rival factions: TEAM LINNEA and the girls who fall in love and TEAM BAO and the girls who NEVER fall in love. Linnea has a BOYFRIEND, Bao hates everything related to...
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4.2 stars
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A middle-grade graphic novel about a gang of adorable animal friends on a D&D style dungeon crawl.
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5 stars
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"Follows the story of Indu, a young trans boy from the moon, who deals with the culture shock, familial struggle, and first crushes that come with living on Earth in this touching coming-of-age story"--
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5 stars
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"When the heroic princess Amira rescues the kind-hearted princess Sadie from her tower prison, neither expects to find a true friend in the bargain. Yet as they adventure across the kingdom, they discover that they bring out the very best in the other person. They'll need to join forces and use all the know-how, kindness, and bravery they have in order to defeat their greatest foe yet: a jealous sorceress, who wants to get rid of Sadie once and for...
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"Anishinaabe culture and storytelling meet Alice in Wonderland in this coming-of-age graphic novel that explores Indigenous and gender issues through a fresh yet familiar looking glass. Aim̌e, a non-binary Anishinaabe middle-schooler, is on a class trip to offer gifts to Paayehnsag, the water spirits known to protect the land. While stories are told about the water spirits and the threat of the land being taken over for development, Aim̌e zones...
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4.8 stars
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After watching her circle of friends seemingly fade away, Lora's determined to still have fun on her own, so when a tea party leads her to discovering Alexa, the ghost that haunts her house, they soon become best friends.

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"Jay often feels like they are a nobody. Beah, on the other hand, is fierce, charming, athleticand OBSESSED with the street skipping art, Double Dutch. When the two meet, sparks fly, in this colorful slice-of-life graphic novel about the wonder of platonic friendship and finding your identity."-- "Jay often feels like they are a nobody. Beah, on the other hand, is fierce, charming, athleticand OBSESSED with the street skipping art, Double Dutch....
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1 stars
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"Three teenagers--Natalia, Jax, and Rashad--are magically transported from their modern lives to the legendary Stonewall Inn in the summer of 1969"--Back cover.
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5 stars
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"The party continues but the problems get bigger in this second installment of this original Dungeons & Dragons graphic novel series brought to you by New York Times bestselling author Molly Knox Ostertag and critically acclaimed illustrator Xanthe Bouma. Olivia loves being the Dungeon Master of her after-school club, creating a world with magic and epic battles with adventure around every corner. She's always felt at home in her game, but now--with...