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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Book cover for "ABC pride"
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5 stars
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ABC Pride introduces little readers to the alphabet through the colorful world of Pride. Children can discover letters and words while also learning more about the LGBTQIA+ community and how to be inclusive.
Book cover for "The apartment house on Poppy Hill"
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Nine-year-old Ella considers herself the official greeter, tour guide, and is generally in charge of 1106 Wildflower Place, but the elusive Robinsons who live on the top floor are a mystery--one which Ella is determined to solve, and bring the elderly couple into the community of the apartment building on Poppy Hill.
Book cover for "Best friend next door"
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5 stars
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Two girls who share a birthday and palindromic names struggle with respective parental challenges and loneliness while gradually overcoming their differences to become close friends.
Book cover for "Bobby and the big valentine"
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Bobby decides to make Eddie, his favorite person, a valentine as big as his feelings for him, but on Bobby's way to deliver the card, he begins to worry that Eddie might not feel the same way.
Book cover for "Buzzing"
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"Isaac is a shy boy with OCD, but one day at school he meets new friends who introduce him to role-playing games, which lead him on a journey of self-discovery and growth"--
Book cover for "Bye bye, binary"
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"Our little bundle of joy has arrived--to dismantle gender norms! A board book about gender expression and being true to oneself"--
Book cover for "Captain Underpants and the sensational saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot"
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George and Harold, and their doubles, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold, have a good thing going. Two of them go to school, while the other two hide in the tree house and play video games all day-then they switch! But when their malicious gym teacher, Mr Meaner, creates a method of mind control that turns their fellow students into attentive, obedient, perfect children, the future of all humanity will be in their hands!
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Battle dragons volume 1.
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5 stars
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To protect his friends and family, Abel must figure out what is worth fighting for when he partners with a stolen dragon, an action that has him riding in kin battles and keeping more secrets than a dragon has scales.
Book cover for "Drawing on walls"
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5 stars
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Truly devoted to the idea of public art, Haring created murals wherever he went.. "Truly devoted to the idea of public art, Haring created murals wherever he went."--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "Ellie Engle saves herself"
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Ellie Engle volume 1.
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5 stars
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As twelve-year-old Ellie Engle navigates seventh grade and her changing relationship with her best friend, a freak accident occurs and gives Ellie the ability to bring things back to life through touch.
Book cover for "Families can"
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This board book is for families: families who cook together and families who sing together, families with lots of members and families with a special few, families who live together and families who live separately--for all families. Celebrate the differences that make each family unique and the similarities and love that connect us all together.
Book cover for "A family is a family is a family"
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After their teacher asks them what is special about their families, a class full of students each give an answer, but one student is worried that her family isn't that special at all.
Book cover for "Frankie & Bug"
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5 stars
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In the summer of 1987 in Venice, California, ten-year-old Bug and her new friend Frankie learn important lessons about life, family, being your true self, and how to navigate in a world that is not always just or fair.
Book cover for "G my name is girl"
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Illustrations and rhythmic text celebrate girls around the world and what makes each an individual, from adventurous Argentinians Alba and Ayelén, to zealous Zambians Zahra and Zena.
Book cover for "Glad, glad Bear!"
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Bear is very glad about going to ballet class today, gets somewhat anxious before the music starts, then joyously begins to dance.
Book cover for "A high five for Glenn Burke"
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5 stars
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After researching Glenn Burke, the first major league baseball player to come out as gay, sixth-grader Silas Wade slowly comes out to his best friend Zoey, then his coach, with unexpected consequences.
Book cover for "A home for goddesses and dogs"
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5 stars
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After the death of her mother, Lydia moves in with her aunts and learns to find a new family of inspiring women and loving dogs.
Book cover for "Ho'onani"
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5 stars
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An empowering celebration of identity, acceptance and Hawaiian culture based on the true story of a young girl in Hawai'i who dreams of leading the boys-only hula troupe at her school. Ho'onani feels in-between. She doesn't see herself as wahine (girl) OR kane (boy). She's happy to be in the middle. But not everyone sees it that way. When Ho'onani finds out that there will be a school performance of a traditional kane hula chant, she wants to be part...
Book cover for "Hurricane Child"
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5 stars
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Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane-- which is considered bad luck--twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
Book cover for "I am Billie Jean King"
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5 stars
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Billie Jean King is one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Read about this amazing woman athlete in the seventeenth picture book in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about heroes.